QUERIES AND ANSWERS. 119 



A. Kerosene emulsion is probably the best — nothing is a positive 

 cure. 



741. Q. What is the effect of the successive use for years of but one Commercial 

 kind of commercial fertilizer? Fertuizerg. 



A. The land will gradually decrease in productive capacity. Any, or 

 all, commercial fertilizers used for years successively without stable man- 

 ure or green crops plowed under will in the end be disappointing. 



742. Q. My lettuce, which promised a big profit, nearly all decayed i^ettuce 

 before maturity. What is the cause ? ungi* 



A. No doubt a fungus, for which there is no efTective remedy, the let- 

 tuce leaves being too delicate to resist treatment. The only remedy is to . 

 avoid that field the next year. 



743. Q. Which is the most productive third early pea of excellent Bioomsdaie 

 quality for private or market garden ? ^®*' 



A. The Bioomsdaie pea is phenomenally productive and in eating 

 qualities surpassed only by the Landreths' Extra Early, having its size, 

 color, flavor and general appearance when cooked. It matures its 

 pods for table sixty -fi^e days from germination and continues to bear for 

 ten days a profusion of pods containing nine to ten peas in a pod. 



744. Q. Of tomatoes now in general cultivation which is the most Best 

 showy as respects color, size and shape ? Tomatoes. 



A. The Stone ; but several of the Bioomsdaie Hybrids are superior to it 

 in productiveness, earliness and shape. 



745. Q. What vegetables are there which can be grown in this country Unusual 

 and which are really worthy of general culture, but which are not so cul- ^ ®^®****^*'** 

 tivated ? 



A. Swiss Chard beet, the thick, marrow-like ribs of the leaves of 

 which are eaten when prepared like stewed celery. Broccoli, which some- 

 times succeeds where cauliflower fails. Brussels sprouts, which if not 

 destroyed by lice will grow to perfection wherever the cabbage will flour- 

 ish. Dandelion, the leaves furnishing an excellent salad. Sorrel, the 

 long-leaved, very popular in France and Germany as a salad. Cos let- 

 tuce, a form which should be better known. 



746. Q. How many kinds of insects are there feeding upon garden Number of 

 vegetables, and how many sorts of rusts are there which efl'ect a lodg- insects and 

 ment upon garden vegetables ? ^** *' 



A. Vegetables, like men, are subject to so many diseases that it is a 

 wonder they ever arrive at maturity. To enumerate the number of in- 

 sects would be difiicult, especially as the number is always changed by 

 the apparent disappearance of some and the unexpected appearance of 

 others. So also with fungi, there being increase and diminution by con- 

 ditions of moisture, heat, and previous condition of soil. 



747. Q. What is the most intensive branch of commercial vegetable intensive 



a Culture. 



growmg ? 



A. Winter culture under glass as specially applied to the growing of 

 tomatoes, cantaloupes, mushrooms, cucumbers and cauliflowers. 



