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QUESTION DKAWER. 



11. J. Graham, Belleville, Orit, writes : — 



1. I Imve an orchard of about six hundred trees in all, set out from ten 

 to twelve years ago. I am troubled with blight on the ends of the applo 

 tree limbs — worst on Fall Pippins. The trees are very healthy, and have 

 grown extremely rapid. 1 had them grafted with ^sopus Spitzenburg, 

 and most of the grafts blighted when they had made a growth of about six: 

 inches. Can you tell the caxise or give a remedy for the above ? 



This blight in the twigs of the apple trees is well known in this 



part of the country, but the cause and cure are yet unknown. 



2. Pears. I set out Flemish Beauty, Bartlett, Sheldon, White 

 Doyenne, and Osband's Summer. All died with blight but the Flemish 

 Beauty, one Sheldon, and one Osband's Summer. The Flemish Beauty 

 have done extremely well. I have about thirty fine bearing trees. Last 

 year the leaves became covered with brown spots, and the fruit spotted 

 black. I see this year they are doing the same. Can yon tell me the 



ause or give a remedy'! 



Tliis rust or spotting of the leaves, and spotting and cracking of 

 the fruit of the Flemish Beauty occasionally occurs in this section, 

 but has by no means been a constant trouble. The cause seems to be 

 a peculiar fungus growth upon the leaves and fruit. No remedy has 

 been promulgated, but dilute carbolic acid is sure death to fungoid 

 growths, and careful experiments with it would be valuable. 



3. Cherries. I set out twenty trees, Black Eagle, Oxheart, Royal 

 Duke and Bedford's Prolific ; I also have some common black and red. 

 Of the trees I bought, the most became rotten hearted and died, but what 

 lived are large trees, and have never borne any fruit yet. This year the 

 leaves are covered with small brown insects, which are eating up the 

 leaves, and on common fruit are spotting the cherries. Soil clay loam. 

 Can you account for the above ? 



The insects are probably the Black Aphis. Syringing the tree 

 freely with water in which tobacco stems have been steeped will soon 

 rid the tree of them. 



I have about fifty plum trees, of nearly all varieties, which have done 

 remarkably well, being loaded every year since they commenced to bear, 

 four years ago. I have not been bothered with Curculio or black-knot. 

 I have some borers in my api)le trees. The raspberry plant arrived in 

 good condition, is planted in rich loam, and has made a growth of about 

 six inches. 



4. Which are the best varieties of strawberries for family use 1 



This is largely a matter of taste. Some dislike acid strawberries, 

 and others dislike some other peculiar flavor,^ The writer finds na 



