Best Early Potato. 



§§l. Sir, — Cia you name a first cla^a early potato that is profitable to grow on 

 rather heavy soil ; mine is rich clay loam, I have grown Carman No. 2 and Carman No. 3, 

 this season and they both did better with me than any potatoes I ever grew and very few 

 rotted. It is a pleasure to dig such fine large potatoes. 



A. F. , Ridgetown, On(. 



Would our readers who have experience with potatoes please answer. We 

 have had excellent satisfaction this year at Maplehurst, with Burpee's Early. 



The Praipie Rose. (Quest/on S73.) 



§82. Sir, — Is there not a slip of the pen in your reply to Mrs. Wanderwoort in your 

 Oct. issue regarding "Wintering roses?" You give Prairie Queen as a native of many 

 Western States. This rose commonly called Prairie Queen, is properly speaking the 

 Queen of the Prairies produced bj' Messrs. Samuel and John Feast of 'Baltimore Ms. in 1843. 

 In 1836, they sowed seed of Rosa setigera which grows wild in the Western States, and is 

 known as the Prairie R-^se Seedlings from this sowing were fertilized by surrounding 

 flowers from some of^the best garden roses, and from their product came Baltimore Belle, 

 Queen of the Prairies. The latter is the hardier of the two, while considered hardy I find 

 they do better with some protection. 



W. C. Egax. Egandale, Highland Fark, III. 



We thank Mr. Egan for his note on the Prairie Rose. The fact of the 

 Queen of the Prairie being a seedling of the former, no doubt explains its hardi- 

 ness. At Grimsby both it and Baltimore Belle are perfectly hardy. 



Protecting- Trees From Mice. 



8S3. Sir, — I have about fifteen hundred young fruit trees planted here in new land 

 that is yet stumpy, and, from last winter's experience, we expect that mice may do them 

 considerable damage. I have thought of wrapping them with tarred paper or lath, or 

 washing them with an emulsion of soap and carbolic acid. Will you kindly advise me the 

 best way to protect the trees and, if you recommend a wash, please give formula. 



C. E Smith, Wyebridge. 



The wash proposed by our subscriber would no doubt be effectual, but the 

 application of tarred paper would be simpler and quite as effective. Our own 

 practice at Maplehurst has always been to clear away all rubbish from the trunk 

 of each tree and place a mound of fine earth, free from sods, around the trunk 

 about ten or twelve inches high. This will save the trees from damage by mice 

 and can be rapidly done with a sharp spade. 



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