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These are but samples of expressions 

 in the dozens of letters pouring into our 

 office every day. 



A Correction. — Mr. John Croil, Aults- 

 ville, writes : "I am requested by Mr. 

 Beall to correct an error which, quite 

 unintentionally, appeared in my letter 

 in your December Number. I gave 

 Mr. Beall credit for raising 1,G00 

 quarts of strawberries on one-eighth of 

 an acre. Give the honest man only his 

 due. He claims only 800 quarts. Half 

 as honest I'll try to be, and acknowledge 

 to be far behind him, even at these 

 figures. 



This department is intended as an open one to every 

 reader of the "Horticulturist" to send in either 

 qriestions or answers. Often a reader will be able to 

 answer a qxiestion which has been left unanswered, 

 or only partia lly answered by its. For convenience 

 of reference the questions will henceforth be num- 

 bered, and any one replying or referring to any 

 question will please mention the number of it. 



1. Treatment of an Apple Orchard. — 

 Is top dressing with stable manure, 

 commercial fertilizer sufficient for an 

 ajjple orchard in grass ; or would it he 

 better cultivated i The orchard is fif- 

 teen years old. My neighbor thinks 

 that the injury done by tlie plough to 

 the roots and brandies will not be com- 

 jjensated by the benefits of cultivation. 

 R. Rrodie, St. Henry, Montreal. 



If an apple orchard has been properly 

 cultivated and cared for until it is fif- 

 teen years old, so that it is now in a 

 thrifty condition of growth, it will be 

 far better seeded down, and treated 

 with an annual top dressing of manure. 

 But if it has been neglected and conse- 

 quently stunted in growth, it may need 

 the stimulating effect of high cultiva- 

 tion for a year or two in order to bring it 

 into a healthy condition. The greatest 

 care is always necessary to avoid either 

 scraping the trunk and limbs with har- 

 ness, or cutting oft" tlie numerous far 



spreading roots by ploughing too deeply. 

 Ploughing an orchard is an evil, but 

 sometimes unavoidable. 



2. Buckthorn Weige.— Will cows browse 

 a buckthorn hedge ? 



Mr. W. E. Wellington, of Toronto, 

 says : " I think they will browse the 

 new growth before it hardens. After 

 the hedge has age, or the wood has 

 ripened up well, they cannot injure it; 

 but unless pi-otected when it is youno-^ 

 and making succulent growth, cattle 

 would be very apt to nip it just as they 

 do the Honey Locust." 



REPLIES TO PREVIOUS QUESTIONS. 



6 (Vol. IX). Apples for Napanee.— I take 

 great pleasure in reading the Cana- 

 dian Horticulturist, and recommend it 

 to my friends. I am surprised that 

 you recommend Alexander as a winter 

 apple for Napanee. It is a fine showy 

 apple with us, some specimens measur- 

 ing 16 inches in circumference ; but it 

 is not a winter apple by any means. 

 But I have a kind, a new Russian, 

 called Wolf Eiver, not so large as the 

 Alexander, a better keeper, and a heavier 

 bearer, I would recommend Ben Davis 

 before Walbridge ; it stood the past 

 winter very well with us, along side of 

 Wealthy and other hardy sorts. I had 

 the Yellow Transparent i-ipe on the 

 28th July, but it i-equired near market. 

 R. Brodie, St. Henry, Montreal. 



Note by Editor. — The Alexander 

 is not a winter apple ; but in giving 

 a list to cover the season, we placed it 

 between the Duchess of Oldenburgh 

 and the Wealthy. Will it not keep till 

 December grown as far north as Mon- 

 treal ? 



12 (Vol. IX.). Grapes for Orillia.— Mr. 

 AVm. Graham, in the last Report of the 

 Montreal Horticultural Society, recom- 

 mends the following list for northerly 

 latitudes, viz. : Delaware, Concord, 

 Rogers' 9, 15 and 19, as being thoroughly 



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