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these out in their natural position and fill in fine- 

 ly pulverized surface mold among them, so that 

 there will be no empty crevices. The collar of 

 the tree should be an inch or two below the sur- 

 face to allow for settling. In the case of dwarf 

 pears on quince stocks, all the stock should be 

 below the ground. We would advise you to con- 

 sult some treatise on this subject for more ample 

 derail than we can give here. 



" Is there any danger of putting too much soap 

 suds around trees ?" Certainly. There is nothing 

 80 good for trees but that they may have a sxir- 

 feit. An application of soap suds once a fortnight, 

 or once a month, in the growing season, will do 

 very well, but a dose every washing day would 

 be dangerous. 



The CuRCULio.-^It is not a certain way to avoid 

 the curcialio, to plant your plums in a hog yard, 

 but it will greatly lessen their depredations, for 

 the hogs consume the fallen fruit and thus prevent 

 the increase of the insect ; but the trunks of the 

 trees must be well protected from the hogs or the 

 remedy will be worse than the disease. 



The Easter Beurre pear is perfectly hardy here, 

 and we thi7ik would succed with you. Give it a 

 trial, especially on the quince. Princess St. Ger- 

 main is an excellent hardy winter pear for profit- 

 able culture. 



The blotches on the leaves of the pear sent, is 

 a fungu\ and we have not before seen it in such 

 a highly developed form. In breaking the sur- 

 face of some of the larger patches we found them 

 quite powdery, like a common "puff-ball." The 

 leaves of trees, and even the fruit, are attacked 

 by this fungus, more in some seasons and locali- 

 ties than in others, as wheat is by the "rust." 

 We can oifer no specific remedy, but may remark 

 that vi-goroun, healthy trees are less liable to it 

 than those in a debilitated condition. 



OsAGK Orange. — We are inclined to think that 

 it would not prove hardy enough with you to 

 make an efficient, successful hedge plant. You 

 might try it on a small scale. One or two sea- 

 Sons will determine the question for you satisfac- 

 torily. We can recommend you the Buckthorn 

 aa to entire hardiness. 



(J. F. P., Havanna, Chemung Co.) Three best 

 Fall Pears on Quince, for market. — Louise Bonne 

 at Jersey, Whito Doyenne, and Beurre Diel. 



Thrkb best Winter Pears on Quince, for market 

 — Vicar of Winkjield, Glout Morceau, and Easter 

 Beurre. 



Best Quikob Stocks for the Pear. — The French 

 cultivators use two sorts, the Angers and the 

 •1 Ik Paris or Fontenay. We use both also, and con- 



sider them eqally good in most respects. The 

 Angers is the rfiost vigorous grower when young, 

 but the other is the hardier and probably con- 

 tinues to increase in size with the pear better 

 than the Angers. 



We find it impossible to answer questions by 

 letter. 



(J. A. N., Mercer Co., Pa.) We cannot give 

 you a satisfactory reply, and have inserted the 

 substance of your question to call the attention 

 of others to it. Our opinion is that the disease 

 proceeds from the eifects of freezing and thawii»g 

 in winter. It is not uncommon in young tree^ 

 even in the milder climates, and very cominon 

 in the west, for the bark to be ruptured at or 

 near the ground or snow surface. We observed 

 more of this here last winter than ever before. 



" Can you or any of your correspondents explain the 

 cause, or give a remedy, for a disease that has attacked my 

 orchard apple trees in the folio-wing manner? 



"Along before harvest, I discovered on examining my 

 trees that the bark for a foot or two above the surface of tho 

 ground was dying, on some trees all around, and on others 

 half around or in large spots. It was at first scarcely ob- 

 servable without cutting into the bark, but now you can 

 readily see a great diflereneo. The trees above and below 

 the affected parts are quite green and growing, while on the 

 dead part the trees are smaller and the bark dry and adhe- 

 ring to the tree or coming loosely off; The ground has been 

 in clover anil hog pasture for three years back. Last sea- 

 son I fallowed it and sowed wheat on it. I thought at first 

 the nibbing of the hogs might have produced the disease, 

 but it has appeared higher up than the hoga could reach, 

 and other orchards here are similarly alfected. The soil is 

 high and dry, with a south-east aspect" J. A. N. — Mercer 

 Co., Pa. 



Will some of our correspondents look into 

 this ?— Ed. 



Seeds. 



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Valentines, 



FOR ST. VALENTINE'S DAT, Feb. 14, 1853. 

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4 Comic Valentines, 25 " 



6 Fancy Envelopes, to match, 25 " 



1 Valentine Writer, 6 " 



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Upon the receipt of $1.00 by mail, post-paid, I will mail 

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 If $2.00 or $3.00 worth of Valentines are desired, I will se- 

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 f^° The Valenline* are now ready to send. 

 January, 1858. 



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