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can get at the other side, try to find them there. If this cannot be 

 done, the next best thing to do is to open out the trench again, dig- 

 ging it 1 foot deeper and clearing all the soil out. You must then 

 tunnel under the tree until you come to the main tap roots, which 

 you will find not far from a direct line of the stem of the tree. Cut 

 them through and leave in the ground. Fill in the space tunnelled, 

 ramming the soil hard, and we hope the effect will be to bring your 

 trees round to fruit bearing condition. 



Standard Fruit Trees for Sandy Soil 



Q. I have a small space in my garden in which I wish to put 

 standard fruit trees ; the soil is pure sand. I have had holes 5 feet 

 square and 3 feet deep dug, into which I intend putting soil and 

 manure. It is on the north slope of the hill. I have room for seven- 

 teen trees 9 feet apart, and would be very glad if you could advise 

 me what trees I ought to have. I thought of having Apples, Pears, 

 Plums, and Cherries if I could get them suitable for the ground. I 

 want them all for dessert fruit, not cooking, if possible. Spindrift, 

 Farnham. 



A. The following varieties of the different kinds of fruit you 

 require we hope will suit you well. They are strong growing, fruit- 

 ful sorts. Six Apples, all dessert : Mr. Gladstone, ripe July and 

 August ; Lady Sudeley, September; James Grieve, October 1 ; Cox's 

 Orange Pippin, November to Christmas; Allington Pippin, 

 December and January ; Allen's Everlasting, January to 

 March. Four Pears, all dessert : Williams' Bon Chretien, Septem- 

 ber ; Louise Bonne of Jersey, October ; Emile d'Heyst, November ; 

 Doyenne du Cornice, December. Four Plums: Reine Claude de 

 Bavay (Gage), Old Green Gage, Kirk's, Transparent Gage. Three 

 Cherries : Kentish Bigarreau, Guigne d'Annonay, Governor Wood. 



Cherry for West Fence 



Q. Which is a good eating Cherry to grow on tarred boards, 

 aspect west, soil gravel and clay 1 ? G. E., Sussex. 



A. Frogmore Bigarreau, light, and Black Tartarian, dark, are 

 suitable sorts. 



Three Late Keeping Apples 



Q. Which three late keeping Apples are most suitable for an 

 orchard as standards, soil gravel and clay 1 G. J., Sussex. 



A. Newton Wonder, Bramley's Seedling, and King Edward VII. 



