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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



QUESTION DRAWER. 



(1.) Some two years ago I noticed 

 in the Horticulturist some mention of 

 fruit culture in Algoma, and would be 

 glad to hear what kinds have fruited 

 there after the severe test of last 

 ■winter. 



(2.) Also I have heai-d parties argue 

 that it is very important in transplant- 

 ing to mark the trees, so as to keep 

 the same side to the north as before. 

 Is this of any consequence ? 



Henry J. Bird. 



(1.) Will our readers in Algoma 

 please reply to this inquiry. 



(2.) If any have made experiments 

 by way of testing the importance of 

 marking the north side, will they please 

 to communicate the result. We have 

 never paid any attention to this matter 

 of the north side when transplanting. 



Dear Sir, — I have a few questions 

 to ask, the answering of which through 

 your valuable and interesting journal 

 will greatly oblige. 



1. Many of my Cuthbert and Turner 

 Raspberries have had some insect 

 working on them doing much damage ; 

 the grub works round the cane in 

 rings, generally two, about an inch 

 apart, just below the skin, which pre- 

 vents the sap rising, causing the shoot 

 to wither up and fall off. What is the 

 best remedy — cut the shoot off and 

 burn it ? 



2. When is the best time to use 

 ashes to my strawberries and bushes, 

 spring or fall, and about what quan- 

 tity may I use (with safety) to each 

 plant and bush? 



3. I find that in the January num- 

 ber of the Canadian Horticulturist 

 jOM. speak and give an illustration of a 

 lai-ge yellow gooseberry, " The Large 



Golden Prolific." Have you fruited 

 it and found it as represented ? 



4. Let me know the best red goose- 

 berry. 



5. When is the best time to take 

 root-cuttings of black-caps, and the 

 method of taking them ; is it merely 

 dividing the root between the canes, 

 leaving the canes with so much root 

 attached 1 



Yours respectfully, 



E. Robinson. 

 London South, Ont., Aug. 17, 1885. 



Reply. — \. This is done by the 

 raspberry cane-borer. See Saunders' 

 " Insects Injurious to Fruits," page 

 305. If you have not a copy you are 

 without one of the most valuable books 

 written for fruit growers. A copy will 

 be sent to anyone, post paid, who will 

 send us twelve new subscribers and the 

 twelve dollars. The best remedy is to 

 break off all the withei-ed twigs at the 

 lowest ring and burn them. 



2. The spring is probably the best 

 time ; yet the time, fall or spring, is 

 not a matter of much importance. The 

 quantity depends upon the strength of 

 the ashes, whether leached or unleached, 

 whether from hard wood or soft wood ; 

 and upon the sLze of the plant or bush. 

 Try a small quantity — a gill, or a i>iut, 

 or a quart — graduating it according to 

 the size of the plant and the strength 

 of the ashes, and if you think after Ihe 

 trial that more would be better, then 

 increase the quantity slowly. 



3. We have not fruited the Golden 

 Prolific Gooseberry. 



4. Hitherto the Ci-ownbob has been 

 considered the best red English goose- 

 berry. Lately the Industry has been 



