THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



I have since heard that the asparagus plants 

 will do better to remain for another year be- 

 fore transplanting. Will you kindly advise 

 me as to this. The soil is a rich clay loam, 

 well drained naturally. 



Yours very truly, 



Subscriber. 



Strong one year old plants are best 

 but they may be transplanted at two 

 years old, if more convenient. 



The roots should be set about six 

 inches below the surface of the soil ; 

 some advise setting deeper, but of 

 course that would mean later starting in 

 the spring. 



One Hundred Apple Trees. 



10§1. Sir, — In planting out an orchard 

 of 100 apple trees, what kinds would you 

 recommend, and how many of each, so as to 

 give the family sufficient for use during sum- 

 mer and fall and the balance winter fruit, 

 principally for shipment. 



E. J. P., Kintore.. 



The following would make a very 

 good list for family use, with a larger 

 number of those kinds suitable for 

 export ; Early Harvest i, Porter i, Sweet 

 Bough i, Red Astracan 2, Duchess 10, 

 Alexander 5, Fall Pippin, Gravenstein 

 10, Blenheim Orange 10, Wealthy 20, 

 King 5, Fameuse 2, Greening 2, Ontario 

 20, Spy 10. 



Spys on Tolman Sweet. 



1082. Sir, — In the case of Spys or other 

 late bearing trees of good quality would they 

 bear any earlier by being top-grafted on 

 Talman Sweet stems. 



E. J. P. 



We know of no instance of testing 

 the Spy on Talman sweet. Some have 

 claimed to have made the King apple 

 more productive by top-grafting it on 

 Talman Sweet. 



Mixed Planting. 



1083. Sir,— Would it be advisable to 

 plant plum, pear, cherry, peaches, or early 



bearing apples among the regular rows of the 

 apple orchard, to be cut out when their room 

 would be needed by the apple trees ? 



E. J. Pearson, Kintore, Ont. 



We would not advise this except in 

 the case of peaches and possibly dwarf 

 pears ; plums, cherries and dwarf apples 

 are longer lived, and would just reach 

 their best days when they would have to 

 be sacrificed. 



We think, unless land is very limited, 

 it is best to plant each fruit separate. 



Questions {1084 to logo) answered by 

 Mr. W. Hunt gardener, Hamilton. 



Ferns. 



1084. Sir, — What is the best time and 

 way of increasing Adiantum ferns, and the 

 best compost to pot them in. 



Adiantum ferns can be increased by 

 dividing old plants in the spring, just as 

 the young fronds are commencing to 

 unfold from near the roots of the plant. 

 Pot each division into small pots at 

 first, repot into larger as required. A 

 good compost for them can be made by 

 mixing two parts of well rotted fibry 

 loam, with one part each of leaf mould, 

 (or peat) and sand, use plenty of drain- 

 age, and keep the plants in a shaded 

 position, during the summer, water well 

 at the roots, but do not sprinkle or 

 syringe very often. Adiantum can be 

 raised from seed sown in a box or pan 

 filled with fine peat and leaf soil, 

 with a little sand mixed with them, do 

 not cover the seed at all, water very 

 carefully ; or a few well ripened frouds 

 may be laid on a moss covered stone, 

 kept in a well shaded position, and 

 watered carefully ; the latter is often- 

 times the most successful method. 

 Seedling Adiantums make better plants 

 than those from divisions, but require 

 great care at first. 



