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Best Apple. 



54 '>. Sir, — Would you name the best apple, gocd keeper and shipper, for me to 

 plant in this section ? Also name one or two, placing the best first. What do you think 

 of the Outario apple, Anjou pear, Tyson pear, and the Saunders plum ? 



C. B. Moore, Chatham. 



It is impossible to answer in a satisfactory manner a question such as the 

 one proposed, because a variety of any fruit which is most thought of in one 

 locality is not the one most highly valued in another, so much depends upon the 

 markets, climatic conditions, soil, etc. The Ontario is certainly an excellent 

 apple, and some place it at the very head of apples for export. The Blenheim 

 Orange, where it grows to perfection, cannot be surpassed. The latter is a 

 fall apple, but will carry well to Great Britain. The other "varieties inquired 

 about are all excellent. 



Manure for Small Fruits. 



541. Sir, — Which is the best manure for small fruits, such as raspberries, black- 

 berries, currants, etc., bone meal or superphosphates ? 



John Stewart, Nanaimo, B G. 



Reply by IV IV Htllborn, Leamington, Out. 



For small fruits I use all the barn-yard manure I can get. Am also using 

 bone meal and wood ashes with good results ; am also testing Truman's Small 

 Fruit Fertilizer. Shall be able to report on that later on. This spring I shall 

 try nitrate of soda, in addition to the other manures named above. Berries 

 require phosphoric acid, potash and nitrogen. If the soil is deficient in any or 



all of these, they must be supplied to get large crops of fruit. From what I have 

 seen, I think bone meal and wood ashes with nitrate of soda will give best 

 results. I have not used much superphosphates, but did not get the results 

 looked for from their use. 



Hot Air and Hot Water Heating-. 



542. Sir, — Which is safest to use in a greenhouse where personal attention can be 

 given it, hot air or hot water? John Stewart, Nanaimo, B.C. 



Reply by D. W. Beadle, Toronto. 



The sources of danger in hot air heating are found in the flue through 

 which the smoke and gases are conveyed from the fire to the chimney. The 

 possibilities of danger increase with the increased length of the flue. In a long 



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