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osage orange and white pine hedge. 



Mr. J. W. BroAvu, Jolmsou's Creek, Niagara Co., N. Y. — I 

 would like to find the best way to make a hedge of fifty rods; 

 what kind of laud is l)est for white pine, and how it should be 

 cultivated. 



Mr. N. C. Meeker. — The best way to raise the hedge is to get 

 the plants of some Rochester nurseryman. If they have not a 

 supply, send to F. K. Phoenix, Bloomington, or M. L. Dunlap, 

 Champaign, 111. Niagara county is rather cold for the Osage. The 

 barberry would be sure to succeed, it is equally a protection, and 

 is ver}^ beautiful, but it requires two years longer to come to matu- 

 rity. Riise plants from the seed in a fine seed bed, and in rows. 

 To raise the white pine as recommended in this reporter's farm 

 item, get the seed from some seed store, have a nice seed bed, and 

 raise the plants. This is a business requiring knowledge and care, 

 an-d one should get Fuller's Forest Tree Culture. One may fail 

 for want of going rightly to work, but, if he is young, he should no 

 more give up than give up breathing. 



TO SPROUT OSAGE ORANGE. 



Mr. J. Grimes, Afton, Union Co., Ohio. — What is the best way 

 to sprout this seed preparatorv^ to planting? 



Mr. N. C. Meeker. — First, have the ground well prepared, but 

 do not mark out till entirely ready to sow, for the seed should go 

 into fresh soil. Moisten the seed in warm water, so that it will 

 be thoroughly wet; then place in a bag where they will keep warm 

 and moist, and in from twenty-four to thirty-six hours they should 

 show signs of sprouting. Then plant immediately. They should 

 be well watched, and everything should be kept in complete readi- 

 ness. If a rain, unexpectedly, should prevent sowing, thej may 

 remain twenty-four hours without much damage, till the sprouta 

 show well; but they will require careful handling. They of whom 

 seeds are bought, should furnish j^rinted directions. Still, some 

 farmers save their own seeds. 



DETATNING THE RO'ENING OF FRUIT. 



Mr. Wm. S. Carpenter exhibited twenty-five varieties of the 

 choicest pears now cultivated, all of which appeared as fresh as 

 when they were plucked from the trees in September and October. 

 He said the subject of the detention of fruit has attracted much 

 attention for the last fifty years. Men of science and fruit-growers 



