128 Editors Letter- Box. 



W. P. P., Illinois. — How far apart shall I plant pear-trees in my orchard ? 

 and shall I intermix dwarfs and standards in the same rows ? — We should recom- 

 mend planting standard pear-trees about twenty feet apart each way ; some 

 plant fifteen by twenty feet. We think it a poor plan to plant dwarfs in the 

 same row with standards. We believe it better to plant dwarfs by themselves, 

 and standards by themselves. We have alternated with standards and dwarfs, 

 but should not do it again. There is a diversity of opinion on this subject 

 among the best orchardists in the vicinity of Boston. We have given informa- 

 tion on this subject in the January number of the Journal. 



B. T., Home Farm, To. — I do not see the name of the Montgomery grape 

 described by your Newburgh (N.Y.) correspondent in any of the catalogues at 

 hand. Is there any other name for it? Who has it for sale ? — We know no 

 more about it than we have published, except we have seen a photograph of a 

 noble bunch of this grape. Will Dr. Royce have the kindness to answer the 

 questions asked by our correspondent ? 



A. J. — In planting a hundred standard pear-trees to raise fruit for the mar- 

 ket, what varieties shall I plant ? and what number of each of the varieties ? — 

 It is somewhat difficult to say, without knowing the location, soil, and other facts ; 

 but our own experience leads us to give the following list, by adopting which you 

 cannot go far astray, — thirty Bartlett, twenty Beurre d'Anjou, twenty Sheldon, 

 twenty Swan's Orange, ten Lawrence. We give a small list ; for we believe more 

 money can be made where but few varieties are planted. If a hundred trees 

 were to be planted for home-use, we should give a list of at least twenty varieties. 



Pyrus, Sandwich, Mass. — I was unable to manure my pear-orchard last 

 autumn. Had I better do it now, or wait and plough the manure under in the 

 spring ? — We like to manure in the fall, and either spread and plough it in at 

 once, or put it in heaps around the trees, and then, in the spring, spread it, and 

 plough. We should advise you to put it about the trees now, and in the spring 

 treat it as though it had been put on earlier. 



Market-Gardener. — From all you know of the Keyes Prolific Tomato, 

 would you advise me to raise that variety next season ? I had a few plants last 

 season, but was not very well satisfied with them. — Yes : continue to raise it, 

 and select the earliest and best fruit each year for seed, and you will be pleased 

 with it. There is, perhaps, no better very early tomato ; though it is not so 

 early as some declare it to be. It is quite prolific. 



J. C, Geneva, N.Y. — Can I plant a strawberry that will pay me better for 

 market-purposes than the Wilson 1 — No: though not of first quality, it will 

 sell. It is undoubtedly the greatest bearer of them all. 



B. T. writes us that the grapes best suited to the latitude and climate of Iowa 

 are Concord, Hartford Prolific, and Catawba. 



