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44. Sir : — How late in the season may 

 bush beans be sown? — W. W. R., Toronto. 



If with any prospect of ripening a crop, 

 not later than the 20th of June ; but if for 

 using green, they may be sown as late as 

 the i2th of July. 



CINERARIAS. 



45. Sir, — How shall I care for Cinerarias 

 to keep them perennial ? All that I have seen 

 die after blooming, do they want a rest ; if 

 so, how should they be treated while resting, 

 and for how long ? — J. K. D., Almonte. 

 Reply by A. Gilchrist, West Toronto } unction. 



Cinerarias are not worth keeping over ; they 

 are best raised from seed each season. No 

 florist to my knowledge trys to keep them 

 over. I never do. 



ALKALINE WASH FOR APPLE 

 TREES. 



46. Sir : — Which is the proper time to 

 apply an alkaline wash to fruit trees? — M. 

 J. C, Windsor. 



That depends on the object. If for the 

 bark louse, about the first week in June, as 

 then the young lice are most easily de- 

 stroyed ; if for the borers, once a month in 

 June, July and August, for at that time the 

 moth is busy depositing her eggs. 



SCOTTS WINTER APPLE. 



47. Sir, — Please give me short information 

 about Scott's Winter, (i) Is it hardy ? (2) 

 How long under favorable circumstances 

 will it keep ? (3) Is it a good cooking apple ? 

 (4) Habits of growth ? X. Y., P. E. Island. 

 Reply by R. W. Shepherd, Jr., Montreal. 



(i) It is quite hardy. (2) Will keep under 

 favorable circumstances all through winter 

 to end April. {3) It is an excellent cooking 

 apple. (4) Growth vigorous, rather upright 

 than spreading. 



The duration of an asparagus bed depends 

 very much upon the treatment it receives. 

 Injudicious cutting, thai is continuing to cut 

 too late in the season, is very injurious, and if 

 persisted in year after year would soon spoil 

 the bed. With proper care an asparagus 

 bed should last in good condition for a 

 period of at least twenty years, and we have 

 known them, under certain conditions, to go 

 on for an almost indefinite period. 



DURATION OF AN ASPARAGUS BED. 



48. Sir : — Please say how many years 

 an asparagus bed will last. — W. W. R,, 

 Toronto. 



CURING TOBACCO. 



49. Sir, — How shall I cure tobacco, in 

 order to have it at its best, to use in the 

 greenhouse ? 



I tried to dry some in the shade, by hanging 

 it up in an old building, but it got somewhat 

 mouldy and does not appear to give as strong 

 a smoke as cigar stumps. —J. R. D. 



Tobacco is usually cured by hanging up 

 the plants, singly, in a building through which 

 there is a free circulation of air. Mr, Gil- 

 christ thinks that the best and cheapest way 

 is to send to the nearest cigar factory and get 

 a bale of it, if wanted for smoking a green- 

 house. 



PLANTS DAMPING OFF. 



50. Sir, — What is the cause of plants 

 " damping off"? I am loosing hundreds of 

 Cabbageand Cauliflower in that way ; I trans- 

 plant them but it appears to do very little or 

 no good. There are not many of any other 

 kinds that are going in that way. Can you 

 give a remedy ? The plants are in a green- 

 house ; have not started hot beds yet. Tem- 

 perature varies considerably. — J. K. D. 



Reply by A. Gilchrist. 

 Early Cabbage and Cauliflower are very 

 liable to damp off in a close greenhouse or 

 hot bed; give plenty of ventilation, it is a 

 Fungi and develops rapidly in a close atmos- 

 phere, 



FRUIT GROVyiNG IN MUSKOKA. 



51. Sir, — The strawberries I received and 

 planted last year all lived and made a good 

 growth. I cultivate the Wilson, and find 

 them very successful. We gathered a good 



