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may be able to reply through these 

 columns. As grown here, in Southern 

 Ontario, it proves itself a valuable kind, 

 bearing very abundantly ; the fruit is almost 

 as large as the Kittatinny, only shorter and 

 rounder. No doubt you can succeed with 

 it by winter protection. 



THE BUBACH STRAWBERRY. 



loi. Sir, — Where can I get the Bubach 

 strawberry ? Is it a staminate variety ? 

 — A.S.C. 



The Bubach is now so well disseminated 

 that you can get it from almost any nursery, 

 man. It is a pistillate variety. 



WINDBREAK, 



I02. What is the best windbreak, so far as 

 hardiness, looks, etc. is concerned, for a small 

 fruit plantation ? — A S.C. 



We know of nothing so satisfactory as the 

 Norway Spruce for Ontario, but, if this does 

 not succeed well with you, try some of your 

 native evergreens such as the White Spruce, 

 which, although it is a slower grower than 

 the Norway, is hardier and lives to a greater 

 age. Our native White Pine and our Arbor 

 Vitae are suitable trees for windbreaks, but 

 are of slow growth. 



SHALLOW PLANTING OF TREES. 



105. Sir, — I planted trees of the King' 

 and Ribstone this fall, and wish to give 

 them a fair trial. In order to give drainage 

 and depth of soil, I ridged up the land and 

 set the trees nearly level with the surface. 

 I then mulched them with wheat straw, and 

 manured them in drills for potatoes. Do 

 you approve of my method ? — S. H. P. 



Your plan of planting on ridges, so as to 

 keep the trees well up from the wet, is a 

 excellent plan in damp soils. Indeed more 

 trees are injured, generally, by planting too 

 deep than too shallow. One of the best or- 

 chards at Maplehurst is planted in the man- 

 ner you describe. 



BEST NURSERIES. 



103. Please give me the names of the lead- 

 ing nurseries in the Dominion.— A.S.C. 



We must refer our readers to our advertis- 

 ng columns for such information as this. 



PROTECTION OF YOUNG APPLE 

 TREES. 



104. Sir, — Should young apple trees be 

 earthed up in autumn, and would it be ad- 

 visable to place evergreen boughs around 

 them? — S. H, Purdy, Cumberland, N.S. 



It is a very wise plan to heap up a mound 

 of earth about young apple trees in the fall, 

 packing it firmly, both as a protection of 

 the roots from the frost and of the stem 

 from the mice. Great care should be taken 

 to use only fine mould, free from lumps and 

 grass, or rubbish of any kind, else the mice 

 will only work among it to the greater mis- 

 chief. It would be unsaie to use any ever- 

 green boughs in a place where there are any 

 mice about. 



HARDINESS OF THE KING AND 

 RIBSTON. 



106. Sir, — Are these varieties too tender 

 to plant north of the Cobequid mountains in 

 Nova Scotia?— S. H. P. 



Would some of our Nova Scotia readers 

 please reply ? 



A GOOD BUDDER. 



107. Sir, — Can you inform me where I 

 can get the services of a good budder ? — 

 G.J.J. 



It is not easy to secure a good budder 

 just when he is wanted. The best way is to 

 learn the art yourself. The method will be 

 described in this journal, at the proper time, 

 if our readers desire it. 



GROWING QUINCE TREES. 



108. Sir, — Will quinces grow well from 

 cuttings? — G. J. J. 



This is the usual method of propagating the 

 quince, because cuttings of it grow with so 

 little trouble. Suckers with small roots just 

 starting are the surest to grow, and in order 

 to induce these, nurserymen usually set a 

 lot of quince bushes quite deeply, and cut 

 them well back, as stools tor propagating from. 



ROOT GRAFTING PEARS. 



log. Sir, — Do pears do as well root- 

 grafted as budded?— G. J. Jones, Ruthven, 

 Out. 



There is little to choose between root- 



