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high, and not planted deep enough to cover the quince 

 stock. 



Question 3. Clay loam. If planted on the north 

 side of a hill the blossoming is retarded and thus escape 

 late frost. 



Question 4, Have no experience or information. 



Question 5. In Spring by late frost. I have seen, 

 however, the tender Fall growth seriously injured by Fall 

 frost. 



Question 6. I have never known pear buds to be 

 killed by the cold. 



Question 7. A committee of the American Pomo- 

 logical Society, appointed for the purpose, reported that 

 pear trees did better in sod, being less subject to blight, 

 and were more healthy generally. The committee trav- 

 eled the United States, north and south. Their report 

 was adopted. 



Questions. Wood ashes all the time. If not to be 

 had, make it of four per cent, potash, thirty-four per cent, 

 lime, and two per cent, salt, balance soil. The best re- 

 sult from stable manure, was when applied very heavy 

 in the Fall around the trees, and spread in the Spring. 



Question 9. It depends upon the object desired. If 

 for growth, trim while dormant. If too much growth 

 and too little fruit, trim while in growth. Thin out 



