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PACIFIC T R E !•. AND \' I N E 



Queries and A.ns^wers 



i^y JoHn Ibaac 



iVliss C, Napa — Yes, the Califoi'nia 

 poppy (Es'jhscholtzia California) is the 

 leeognized stale flower. The last 

 legislatuie passed the bill creating it 

 sni-h anil this was sif^ned by (i(i\erii(ir 

 Pardee. 



P. L., Fresno — Australian salt grass 

 does not seem to be doing all that was 

 claimed l:or it when it was llrst intro- 

 duced and little has been done with it 

 lecently. You can get full particulars 

 concernins it by applying to the uni- 

 versity. 



J. R. S., Alameda — A good composi- 

 tion for potting plants can be made 

 from one part of good loam, one part 

 leaf mold, one part well-rotted cow 

 manure and a good sprinkling of sharp 

 riv-er sand, well worked through the 

 whole mass. 



J. W. R., Santa Rosa — Sulpliur is the 

 best remedy for rose hust and mildew. 

 It should be used before the leaves ap- 

 pear ,to be most eflfective, but a 

 tliorough dusting of sublimated .sul- 

 phur now will go far toward checking 

 the spread of the disease. 



Inquirer, San Francisco — Lodi, in 

 Sun Joaquin county, was for a long 

 lime the chief seeetion producing water 

 melons in the stale, but the center is 

 now removed to Fresno. Continuous 

 ciopping to melons caused them to de- 

 teriorate and superior fruit was pro- 

 duced in Fresno, from which section 

 we now get the bulk of the fruit. 



W. B. R., San Jose — For aphis on 

 your rose bushes the simplest remedy 

 is common laundry soap. A bar of 

 this dissolved in about two gallons of 

 water and applied warm will destroy 

 al Itiiat are reached by it. It may be 

 necessary to spray several times as 

 even after they have been destroyed, 

 these pests will soon make their aji- 

 pea ranee again. 



Mrs. S.. San Francisco — A little oil 

 of red cedar, which you can get at the 

 druggists's will keep moths out of your 

 trunks, bui eaus and closets. Apply it 

 around the corners and in any of the 

 cracks or crevices wit ha camel's hair 

 pencil. Do not use so much as to soil 

 any clothing with which it may come in 

 contact. Camphod and napthaline are 

 also good to keep the pests away. 



R. T. P., Salinas — There is no reason 

 why you should not keep a few Belgian 

 hares for your own use, but as a pro- 

 fitable investment they are not to be 

 reconnnended. Very much might be 

 said in favor of these animals as a 

 help on the farm, but after the wild 

 schemes which Ijreeders indulged in a 

 few years since people became so dis- 

 gusted with them that it is not alto- 

 gether advisable to advocate them. 



H. P. IVI., Petaluma — Here is a very 

 good whitewash Ihat may answer your 

 purpose and will stand for four or 

 five years: Shake a bushel of lime, 

 strain, add a half-bushel of salt which 

 has been dissolved in water, and six 

 oounds ground rice, after being made 

 into a paste. Stir in while boiling one 

 pound of ground whiting-, and two 

 pounds glue, well dissolved in a double 

 boiler. 



W'm. W. K., Santa Cruz — Asks how 

 many trees he can jilant on an acre of 

 land. How many he should plant de- 

 pends upon the kind of trees and the 

 character of the land. Peaches, 

 plums, Tjrunes, etc., are usually set in 

 squares at liO feet apai'l and require 

 108 trees to the acre. Apples and other 

 large spreading trees are set 30 feet 

 apart and give 4S to the acre, while 

 walnuts and figs, which have a vei'y 

 wide spread of branches, should be 

 SI t 40 feel apart of UT to the acre. 



Mrs. R. L., Alameda — Rex Begonias 

 may be propagated from leaves of the 

 plant- The leaves should be large and 

 well matured and be either pegged 

 down in the propagating bed or weight- 

 eil down with a title sand. The prin- 

 cipal ribs on the under side should be 

 nicked, and if pioperly done, a young 

 plant will start from every cut. The 

 lequirements are a bed of clean river 

 sand, kept moist, but well drained, a 

 steady temperature of about 70 de- 

 crees and protection from the light for 

 a few days until the young plants com- 

 mence to root. When the small plants 

 have formed roots, they mjy be putted 

 in small pots. 



l;. J. C., Yuba — It is too late to do 

 much for iieach curl leaf now. When 

 the disease shows itself the damage is 

 done. However, an application of the 

 Boi deanx mixture, summer strength, 

 may save the second crop of leaves that 

 will come out when the diseased crop 

 has dropped. The curl leaf if a fungus 

 diease. The spores find lodgment on 

 the twigs of the tree and remain there 

 • luring the winter months. As soon 

 IS the buds begin to swell in the 

 s|iring these spores awaken to activity 

 and the damage is done. All trees 

 affected with the curlleaf should be 

 thoroughly sprayed during the winter 

 with the salt, sulphur and lime wash 

 as a preventive measure. Moist, cool 

 weather, such as we have had this 

 sprinf. is especially favorable to this 

 disease. 



Thinning Fruit. 



The question of thinning is one which 

 now absorbs the attention of growers 

 of canning fruits. The canneries ate 

 very exacting, only the best wdll sail 

 them, and these have got to reach a 

 certain standard in size or they will be 

 rejected and are then only to be used 

 on the drying ground. Where peaches 

 and apricots have set lightly, not much 

 thinning will be required. i)ut in most 

 I ases some, and in many cases very 

 vigorous thinning is necessary, if sale- 

 able fruit is to be produced, and the 

 sooner this work is commenced after 

 the fruit is set, the better. The ob- 

 ject of thinning, of course, is to throw 

 I he whole growing force of the tree 

 into the Iruit Ihat is left, and where 

 much of this energy is w-asted in pro- 

 ducing fruit that is to be rejected, the 

 tree is so much weakened and the re- 

 malidng fruit stands less chance of 

 attaining fierfection than where the 

 work has been done early and the 

 wlude fruit producing energy of the 

 Iree given lo that which Is to be left. 



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