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before ploughing, and about five hundred pounds to the 

 acre ; spread it broadcast under the trees. 



Question 10. Prune in the spring with a hand saw ; 

 have never tried thinning outjruit. 



Question 11. There is certainly Yellows. I think is 

 produced by planting the seed from budded trees. I 

 very seldom worm a tree. Gas lime is a sovereign 

 remedy. 



Question 12. By all means from natural seed. A 

 healthy bud from a natural seed, will produce a healthy 

 tree. 



Question 13, I do not think the curcurlio has ever 

 troubled us much on the peninsula ; our great trouble 

 has been in nurserymen growing trees from budded 

 seed, producing disease and short life. 



Question 14. The curled leaf occurs, generally, on 

 stiff, heavy land. 



Question 15. I find the best way to market my 

 fruit, is by rail, and to ship in five gallon baskets. 



ANSWERS RECEIVED FROM GROV^^ER, NO. 6. 



Question i. I should vary the list in accordance 

 with the distance down the peninsula. For this neigh- 

 borhood, or about Middletown, I would plant Mountain 

 Rose, Crawford Early, or Mary's Choice, Old Mixon, 

 Moore's Favorite, Reeves' Favorite, Stump the World, 



