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Mr. John G. Berp^en said tliat scions set upon natural stocks bad always 

 proved the hardiest with him, and equally good whether set low or high 

 from the ground. He had not had much experience in root-grafting, and 

 did not care to have much. 



Early Apples for Wisconsin. 



The following list is given by Mr. George W. Shaw, Garden Grove, 

 Iowa, f()r an acre, trees twenty feet apart: Sumn)er apples — Red June, 5; 

 Sweet June, 5; Benoni, 3; Red Astrachan, 2. Autumn — Lowell, 3; Maiden's 

 Blush, 5; Cole's Quince, 2. Winter-Jonathan, Genitan, White Winter 

 Fearmain, Winter Sweet Paradise, Wilton's Twig, Domine, 10 of each; 

 Yellow Belle Flower, Sweet Romanite, Small Romanite, 5 of each; Striped 

 Sweet ripi)in, 8 — making in all 108 trees. 



Mr. Shaw wants to know when to whitewash fruit trees. 



Mr. Solo4i Robinson said potash or caustic soda ley is far better. If 

 lime is used, J^pply the water only. 



Curing Sowed Corn. 



Mr. A. A. Cook, Hillsdale, Columbia county, N. Y., recommends binding 

 the stalks in small bundles, with straw l)ands, and set them in stocks of 

 six bundles each, and, when partly cured, lift the stocks to a new spot, to 

 give the butts a better chance to dry. After they are cured and put in 

 stack or barn, they undergo a sweat; then remove and air them and they 

 will not mold. 



Flower Seeds. 



Mr. William R. Prince sends in for distribution seeds of Bladder Senna 

 (Colutea Arhorei^cena ) , which grows in shrubs six feet high, bearing yellow 

 flowers. Also Hihhcusi Moscheulos, a perennial plant with large white 

 flowers, with crimson center. 



Early Marketing Potatoes. 



Mr. Abel S. Makepeace, Ilyannis, Cape Cod, wants to know the best 

 variety of early potatoes, of which he wants to plant two acres upon a clo- 

 ver sod, on good sandy loam, and how many cords of manure per acre the 

 Club would recommend. 



Mr. John G. Begen. — I would recommend the Mercer, although we on 

 Long Island raise a great many of the Dyckmari, but it might not answer 

 as far north as Cape Cod. 



I would recommend the application of at least twenty cords of manure to 

 the acre. Some of our potato growers use all they can get. 



Mr. Solon Robinson said that some of Mr. Goodrich's seedlings were 

 highly recommended for early potatoes 



Mr. Wm. S. Carpenter said a kind called Early Cottage, gave great sat- 

 isfaction in his neighborhood. The quality is good and the yield large, say 

 250 bushels to the acre. 



Molasses and Sugar from Corn Meal. 



The Chairman statud that a company had been organized in this city, 

 with a million dollars capital, to manufacture molasses and sugar from 



