Editors' Letter- Box. 319 



K. R., New Haven. — The grass on your croquet-ground, wliicli you describe 

 as "dying in spots," is killed by the larvae of the common dor-bug. Your rem- 

 edy is to dig up the worm and kill him. Sow white clover over the bare spots, 

 and they will soon be green ; and in the summer kill every dor-bug you can 

 catch. 



AxoNVMOUS inquit-ies we have more than once stated tint v/e cannot 

 answer ; but, as we continue to receive them, we repeat it. We Shall at all times 

 take pleasure in answering any queries whose writers will give us their names. 



Dan. Milliken, Hamilton, O. — I wish to be informed as to the method of 

 propagating the dwarf peach. Would it remain dwarf if worked on a common 

 peach stock ? and is that the common method of propagation ? — Yes ; work on 

 the common peach stock, it will remain dwarf. This is an exceptional case ; the 

 dwarf character consists in the rem.-.rkably short-jointed wood, which develops 

 numerous fruit-buds like the currant. 



Editor of Tilton's "Journal of Horticulture:" — 



Ix answer to inquiry in last number of the Journal about grafting the per- 

 simmon, I can say that it may be done just as you would graft an apple-tree. 

 We have changed two staminate trees of natural growtli perfectly, so that they 

 bear regular full crops. It is not necessary to leave any for fertilizers, as they 

 have staminate and pistillate flowers, both on the same tree. N. L. Wood. 



S.MITHFIELD, O., April 20, 1869. 



Pomegranate Melon. — Can any of the readers of the Journal give any 

 information respecting a variety of the watermelon cultivated many years since 

 in different parts of New England, and known as the " pomegranate " ? The fruit 

 was perfectly round, and did not exceed the" size of a common orange. The 

 flesh was bright scarlet, very sweet, and the seeds resembled those of the apple. 

 The vines yielded abundantly, and a dish of the melons was a beautiful object. 

 We should feel under great obligations to any one who would supply us with a 

 few seeds, or who could give us any additional particulars. 



We have also been informed that a muskmelon of corresponding size and 

 form was common to many gardens. Having scarlet or deep salmon-colored 

 flesh, it must have been distinct from the Queen Anne now in cultivation. 

 Where can seeds be obtained ? or has the variety become extinct ? F. B. 



W. L. S , Cambridge, Mass. — Your single snowdrops probably did not become 

 double ; but you planted the double variety. 



Double flowers are produced by the stamens turning to petals. This usually 

 occurs from high cultivation in rich soil. The tendency of double flowers in 

 poor soil is to become single. Double snowdrops are not so common, and are 

 more expensive than single ; but we agree with you in thinking them far less 

 desirable. 



