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into trees by selecting the best, tying to stakes to straighten up 

 and removing all other suckers but the one selected. 



No Gopher-proof Fig Roots. 



Is it necessary that figs should be grafted in some other roots to 

 keep the gophers from destroying the trees? What root should I order? 



Figs are not grown on any other than fig roots and are generally 

 propagated by rooted cuttings for the purpose of avoiding the ex- 

 pense of grafting. The fruit must then be protected by killing the 

 gophers rather than by an efifort to get the tree upon a gopher- 

 proof root. 



Pollination of Bartletts. 



Would Clapp's Favorite be a good pollinizer for the Bartlett as 

 well as the White Doyenne? 



The white Doyenne and the Clapp's Favorite usually begin to 

 bloom three or four days later than the Bartlett, but the Bartlett 

 period extends about ten days into the blooming period of the 

 others. Therefore, your question is to be answered in the affirmative; 

 that is, if the Bartlett needs pollination, it will be liklcy to get it 

 from either of these varieties. 



Cornice Pears, 



Would you plant Cornice pears instead of Bartletts, and why? What 

 is their behavior as to bearing? Do they require any different treatment 

 than Bartletts? What roots? Do they need other varieties for pollinising? 



Do not plant Comice instead of Bartletts except for those who 

 have tested out the Comice to their production and selling. Though 

 satisfactory in some places, it makes no such wide record of success 

 as the Bartlett and should be planted only on the basis of experience 

 with it. Its propagation and culture are the same as other pears. 

 It takes to the quince all right if you want dwarf trees. We have 

 no record of its pollination needs, but as the Bartlett in California 

 defies its Eastern reputation for self-sterility, it is likely that Comice 

 may also take care of itself, for it is not handicapped by such Eastern 

 condemnation. 



No Pears on Peach. 



/ sazv, the other day, some Bartlett pear grafts in Sahvay peach trees, 

 and the party informed me that he had seen three-year-old grafts that had 

 pears last season. I zvould like your opinion, as I ahvays thought that such 

 a union zvas not possible. 



Our opinion is like yours, and seeing some pear grafts set in 

 peach branches would not convince us that they would grow or bear 

 fruit. 



Pigs in the Orchard. 



/ have an orchard of Bartlett pears about fifteen years old, located 

 on sediment land. I desire to set this to alfalfa, and to feed the 



