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Question 5. Spring. 



Question 6. Ten below zero. 



Question 7. When it first opens. 



Question 8. As soon as frost will permit, and the 

 ground is dry enough. Plough as shallow as possible, 

 throwing the furrow from trees first, afterwards back ; 

 after that, harrow. 



Question 9. Ashes, one good pan shovel-full close 

 around each tree, throwing it back the next year, and 

 applying another the same way. 



Question 10. Never prune, except to get close 

 enough to cultivate ; never thin out wood nor fruit. 



Question 11. I know it to my sorrow; have no 

 opinion on the subject. The best treatment would be, 

 plenty of ashes. Worm some little in the spring. 



Question 12. Know no difference. My opinion 

 that most are grown from budded fruit. Natural fruit 

 will have the Yellows. 



Question 13. I think not. 



Question 14. When the late frost touches the 

 leaves, they are seen to curl. 



Question 15. To find, first, the best market, then 

 put them up in the most attractive way. It must be 

 varied according to the quantity of the fruit in the 



