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Question 2. Ashy loam surface, with red or yellow- 

 clay sub-soil and high level land. 



Question 3. Twelve to fifteen years in profit. 



Question 4. Smyrna and Laurel. 



Question 5. Spring. 



Question 6. 5 to 10 degrees below zero. 



Question 7. When the blossoms commence to dry 

 up and shed. 



Question 8. Prefer ploughing as early as possible ; 

 plough very shoal, near the trees, four to five inches in 

 the middle ; after ploughing, harrow to fine the ground ; 

 then cultivate thoroughly and finish with harrowing, to 

 level etc. the ground. 



Question 9. Well decomposed stable or pound 

 manure, or ground bone with Muriate of Potash or Kainit 

 and Tankage. If the ground is rich dont think the 

 latter is requisite. Use manure in the fall, broadcast, if 

 trees are well grown. Use the composition in spring 

 and plough it under. 



Question 10. We prune :n September and October, 

 thin out the trees moderately but uniformly. Never thin 

 fruit by hand. 



Question 11. I believe there is such a disease which 

 is called the yellows, but have never been able to ascer- 

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