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CA NADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



Hamilton. With us it died. Uui 

 climate at Guelph is too severe. 



Apple Trees to Plant for Fopeign 

 Market. 



29. I have 50 acres in Elgin Co., N. lat. 42'-' 

 30', about three miles north of Lake Erie, on 

 which I propose planting an apple orchard 

 for foreign market—say 1,000 trees to begin 

 with. Soil gravelly sand, naturally ^\■ell 

 drained, and tiled beside. Do you recommend 

 me to plant one or more than one variety ?— 

 D. C. Leitch, Button, Out. 



More than one, because some years 

 one variety succeeds best, and other 

 years, another. 



If only one variety. Which would you advi^^e ".' 

 — D. C. Leitch. 



The American Golden Kusset has 

 proved the most satisfactory in our ex- 

 perience. The fruit is clean and even 

 in form, and commands a high price. 

 Some, however, complain of its being 

 unproductive. 



If more than one, kindly name the varieties 

 you would recommend. — D. C. L. 



For your latitude we would suggest 

 the following list, to be subject, how- 

 ever, to alteration according to the 

 local success of each variety : — (1) 

 Maiden's Blush, (2) Gravenstein, (3) 

 Blenheim Pippin, (4) Rhode Island 

 Greening, (5) Baldwin, (6) Tompkins 

 King, (7) N. Spy, (8) American Golden 

 Russet. 



The Bark Louse. 



Potato Culture. 



31. Is it advisable to plant )iotatoes after 

 strawberries ? or do they draw too much of the 

 same substance from it? — W. G. W. 



The ploughing under of the straw- 

 berry vines would afford a suitable 

 manure for the potato, if done long 

 enough in advance of planting for their 

 decomposition. Then apply liberally 

 wood ashes, lime and pho.sphates, which 

 are better for the potato than such 

 nitrogenous manures as are required 

 for the strawberry. A half-bushel of 

 salt to a barrel of wood ashes makes an 

 excellent preparation, a large handful 

 being applied to each hill. 



30. What do you consider the best and sim- 

 plest method of getting rid of the bark louse on 

 apple trees ?— W. G. W., Dixie. 



Nothing is better or simpler than to 

 take an old broom and wash the trees 

 thoroughly about the first of June with 

 a preparation consisting of soft soap and 

 washing-soda, with enough water to 

 reduce it to the consistency of white- 

 wash. The writer has used washing 

 soda and water, in the proportion of 

 half a pound to a pailful, with success. 

 See vol. X., p. 1.33. 



Manure for Strawberries. 



.32. I have manured my next season's straw- 

 berry plants tolerably well with first-class ma- 

 nure spread on the snow. What fertilizer would 

 help them and the best time to apply it ? The 

 soil being a deep, rich sandy loam. ■ 



You can use nothing better than 

 well-rotted barnyard manure for straw- 

 berries, unless you can secure dried 

 blood, which is a specific manure for 

 them, because especially rich in nitro- 

 gen. This should be applied in the 

 spring. Mr. .John Harris, of Rochester, 

 recommends nitrate of soda for straw- 

 berries, sown broadcast in spring, at 

 the rate of three or four pounds to the 

 square rod. 



The Lueretia Dewberry. 



33. Will you give me in j'our next number of 

 the Canadian Houticultubist a plan of pruning 

 the " Lueretia Dewberry." I am ])leased with 

 the gi-owth made last season, letting them " go 

 as they please ;" but now they are to " go as I 

 please, " or I will not have room for them on my 

 limited space.— J. K. Masters, Berlin. 



Grow them in thick matted rows, or 

 beds about four feet wide, cutting them 

 back and thinning out according to 

 judgment. The trailing habit is much 

 in their fa\ or, being a safeguard against 

 the effects of the cold. They may be 

 lifted with a fork, and a heavy mulch 

 spread on the ground, thus keeping 

 down grass and weeds, and raising the 

 fruit from contact with the earth. 



