QUESTION DRAWER 



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Abundance because it is early, or some other very 

 early kind, the Valance I want for about last half 

 of September'or early October. I also want fifty 

 paachep, I already have Fitzgerald, Hill's Chili, 

 Triumph, Crosby, Stewart, two of each. I intend 

 to take chances on a few of early and late Crawford. 

 The balance of the fifty, say forty I do not know 

 what to do with, I want hardy trees but I also 

 want large good fruit. I planted the trees I now 

 have in May 1901, and allowed two peaches on the 

 Triumph to mature this year, and they were very 

 nice in color and quality though not large. My 

 field is pretty well protected from south and west 

 and by the time the tr^es are three or four years 

 old will be batter protected. I may add I am some- 

 what inclined towards the Diamond, Grand Duke, 

 Monarch and Yellow Gage plums, figuring from 

 nursery catalogues. My intention is to plant all 

 these trees this autumn, of trees in size four to five 

 feet. T. A. Snider, Cayuga. 



Locality and personal taste enter so large- 

 ly into such a question as the one proposed 

 by Mr. Snider, that it is scarcely prudent for 

 us to name varieties in reply. It would be 

 far easier to name varieties for a commercial 

 orchard, because usually there is just one 

 feature to consider, viz., which is the most 

 profitable ? The following- are sugg^estions 

 only of varieties which might be added to 

 Mr. Snider's list. 



Cherries — Cleveland, Black Tartarian, 

 Knight's Early, Napoleon, Reine Hortense, 

 May Duke, Royal Duke. 



Plums — Bradshaw, Washington, Quack- 

 enbos. Diamond, Grand Duke, Geuii. 



Peaches — Sneed, Greensboro, Yellow St. 

 John, Crawford, Elberta, Smock and Sal- 

 way. 



What to Grow in a Small Qreenhouse. 



131 1. Sir, — I have made a small greenhouse, 

 about 30 X 15. What would be the best paying 

 crop I could put in to bring a quick leturn? 

 Would lettuce and onions pay ? What are the b.st 

 kinds and management? Would cucumbers pay, 

 trained against the bars of the roof on the north 

 side? If so what heat and treatment would they 

 require, and would there be any sale for them by 

 Christmas? C. Poulloy. 



REPLY BY WM. HUNT, O. A. C, GUELPH, 



Lettuce and radishes would be the best 

 paying crops as there is a good demand for 

 them in winter. A few onions might pay, 

 but the demand for them would be more 

 limited. 



The best kinds of lettuce for forcing are 

 the Grand Rapids Forcing and the Nonpariel 

 varieties. There are several good varieties 

 of radish for forcing, New Rapid Forcing, 

 Triumph and Scarlet White Tipped, being 

 three good kinds. 



Cucumbers pay well in winter if properly 

 grown and near a good market like Toronto. 

 Use rich soil, composed of rotten sod from 

 loamy soil. Two parts of this mixed with 

 cow manure will make a good compost for 

 them. A depth of four to six inches of soil 

 is plenty, but give each plant at least three 

 square feet of soil as the roots spread over a 

 large surface. Cucumbers like plenty of 

 water at roots and syringing once or twice 

 a day. Use tepid water or lukewarm. 

 Liquid cow manure and a thin mulch of rich 

 soil should be given when the roots show on 

 the surface of soil. Temperature 65 to 70 

 at night, 70 to 80 in day time. 



How to 5hlp to Foreign Markets. 



1312. Sir, — I wish to make a trial this year of 

 shipping apples to England, beginning with the 

 Gravensteins. The Department of Agriculture, 

 Ottawa, has advised me to consult you in reference 

 to the matter of shipping and especially in the se- 

 curing of cold storage facilities Any information 

 that you may venture to furn'sh will be gladly re- 

 ceived by me, as I am entirely without experience 

 in shipping to Engiand and do not know anyone in 

 this immediate vicinity whom I could consult to 

 advantage. 



Port Dalhousie. J. T. White. 



This is an easy thing if there is a little co- 

 operation. The first thing to do is to make 

 up a car lot, and if several shippers combine, 

 and constitute one of their number the Sec- 

 retary, it will be an easy matter to make a 

 shipment every week or ten days. Then a 

 reliable consignee in Great Britain must be 

 decided upon, and the line of steamers most 

 desirable for reaching him. Correspondence 

 with the consignee should be had long in 

 advance, in order to secure an interest in the 

 class of goods to be forwarded ; and with 

 the steamship agent to secure the required 

 space. Then the agent at the railway sta- 



