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G;ij,'e, Geii. Hand, .loflersoii, Wash in 



toil and Yellow E' 



(purple) (J lass 



and Columbia ; (red) Hradshaw, Lom- 

 bard and Pond's seedling. 



Small Fruit Culture. 



5«. Where ran I procure a Imuk ..n tlii« siilj- 

 ject.--T. K., Ahinstou. 



White Orange Judd Co., 751 

 Broadway, New York, for catalogue. 



Apples for Profit. 



59. Which varieties would you advise? — T.R. 



See April No., page 92. 



Vinegar from Tomatoes 



(50. 1. Can vinegar be made from the ex- 

 presserl juice of tri'cen or ripe tomatoes, as from 

 apple juice? — .1. P. W., Hornhuj'ii Mills, Ont. 

 Rcphi by Mr. J). W. Bmdlc. 

 I never made any vinegar in my life. 

 From what little I know of chemistry, 

 I should say he would not be able to 

 make vinegar from green tomatoes, and 

 I do not kliow whether there is enough 

 sugar in ripe tomatoes to make vinegar, 

 never having made any experiments 

 with tomato juice in this direction. 



Destroying Mildew. 



r>l. 2. In your j.aper, paK<- 2S.5, year 1880. 

 reference is made to dusting grape vines witli 

 "sulphate of iron and lime." Would this he 

 equally efficiicious for the mildew on goose- 

 berry bushes ? If not, woidd sidphur and un- 

 leached ashes be an efficient ap)>lication ? The 

 sulphur killing the i)arasite, while the asiies 

 stimidate the bush to renewed vipor. — J. P. W. 

 Rfpbi 1,11 Mr. I). W. llmilU. 



SuLPii.\iE of iron and lime are both 

 destructive to vegetable fungi, and 1 

 presume would be eHicacious for the des- 

 truction of mildew on goosberry buslies, 

 if applied in season. T would expect 

 better results from the sulphate of iron 

 and lime than T would from the sulphate 

 of iron and unleached ashes. If the goose- 

 berry plants need fertilizers, I suggest 

 an application of nitrateof soda andsup- 

 erphosphate of lime to the soil. I have 

 never used the sulphate of iron and lime 



mixture on gooseberries with a view to 

 destroying or preventing mildew, as I 

 do not cultivate in my garden the 

 varieties of goo.seberries subject to mil- 

 <iew, preferring to grow those that are 

 not subject to mildew, and so save my- 

 self the trouble of applying fungicides. 



Growing Black Currants. 



62. On pag.' VM, year IKS.',, T. A. H. gives a 

 method for growing the black currant. Would 

 results frr)m this be producive of more and 

 better fruit than the ordinary mode of pro- 

 cedure? -.f. P. W., HorniiKfH 'Mills. 

 R(ply hi, Mr. J). W. Beadle. 

 1 HAVE never tried T. A. H.'s plan 

 of growing black currants or alternat- 

 ing cutting back, so as to produce young 

 wood upon which to grow the fruit. 

 Theoretically, it seems to me probable 

 that the results n)ight te productive of 

 more and Vjetter fruit ; yet I have never 

 tried the exj)erimeiit, and your in<iui-er 

 would do well to make the experiment 

 and let us know what the result is. 



Lawn Failing. 



63. This spring my lawn looks very liad, some 

 l>atches, twelve feet square or more being killed 

 out; there are other smaller jilaces wliere the 

 grass is about dead. I have always taken a 

 great deal of i)ride in having a fine'lawn— it is 

 about twelve years since it was sodded— every 

 one remarking how very thick the grass was. 

 Some two years ago I had a tank ]iut up so that 

 I could keei> it green during the hot weatiier. 

 I have a lawn sprinkler that I used a good deal; 

 some days I had it running for an hour or two 

 during the hot sun. I thought perhajis that 

 might have been the cause of it dying out. 

 Last year it was something similar, only not 

 (|uite as bad, and it seemed to come again 

 quicker. I have mjinured it in the fall witji 

 fine rotted manure for the last few years. I 

 would be obliged if you could give me any in- 

 formation with regiirii to its dying out. -W.M. 

 ClIAKJ, .Ii N., Port H«i„. 



Ri/ili, 1/1/ John A. Bruce, Hamilton. 



In replying to Mr. Craig's letter 

 respecting the bare spots on his lawn, 

 it is rather a difficult matter to assign 

 the correct cause for such ; it may have 

 been caused by continuous watering 

 from tank during Ijright sunsliine. 

 Ants fre(iuently disfigure a lawn ; a 

 white grub, and often the common 



