Carp. (Question No. 640.)^ 

 Mr. VV. B. Rittenhouse, Beamsville, Ont., deals in carp and other fish. 



A Good Spraying Pump. 



64^. Sir, — Could you recommend me a good spraying pump, suitable for a fourteen 

 acre orchard ? F. J. Dawson, Newmarket. 



There are so many force pumps in the market now, all claiming to be best 

 for spraying, that we do not care to particularize. The important point is to 

 have a first-class nozzle ; and for near work the best is the Vermorel, while for 

 orchard trees of large size the McGowan is the best. These nozzles give a 

 beautifully fine spray, and may be attached to the hose of any force pump. It 

 is also important to have about ten feet of hose for each nozzle, so that it may 

 be elevated vvith a pole when necessary. 



Big^nonia Radicans. 



649. Sir, — I have a vine of the Trumpet flower which never flowers, though well 

 covered and cared for. It comes up from the root every year, instead of the last year's 

 growth surviving the winter. CJardener, Peterboro\ 



The trouble is that this creeper is too tender for your climate. We grow 

 it at Grimsby with difficulty, the young shoots being always partially killed back, 

 but it gradually grows up higher and stronger, and produces a fine show of 

 beautiful large trumpet-shaped flowers. One old stone house here is almost 

 covered on one side with this fine creeper, but it is after some thirty years of 

 growth. 



New Land with Peaches. 



650. Sir, — Would it be advisable to set peach trees on new land, where the stumps 

 were not all removed ; or would these conditions favor the borer ? When does Hyne's 

 Surprise peach ripen ? Is the Foster an abundant or a shy bearer ? 



Youngster. 



The borer would be no worse in this land than in any other, for it is a kind 

 that is peculiar to the peach. The same precautions which save trees elsewhere 

 from its attacks will answer with you, viz., heaping earth about the trunks, about 

 the beginning of June, and leaving it at least three months, during the period 

 when the moth, ^geria exitiosa, flies about. Hyne's Surprise ripens just after 

 Early Rivers. The Foster is a good peach but only a moderate bearer, 



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