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 Correspondents are urged to anticipate the season. To ask on April is or 20 what peas had best be sown, could bring no answer 

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QUERIES. 



26S9. Cold-storag-e for Fruits. How should a cold- 

 storage house, especially for storing grapes, be built? Some of our 

 fruit-growers are thinking of joining for the purpose of putting up 

 such a structure, if we can get the necessary information.— G. M. 

 K., Boulder, Cal. 



2'<jo. Transplanting Hemlocks. When !s the best time 

 or the work? How far apart to grow handsome individual trees? 

 — V. R., Youngstown, O. 



2691. Transplanting Larg-e Trees. In large cities there 

 are persons making a specialty of doing this. Will you tell us the 

 ways and means by which they succeed?— J. C. B., Utica, N. Y. 



2692. Bean-g'rowing. Please tell us something about the 

 field-culture, handling, etc.? I wish to grow beans in my youtlg 

 peach-orchards. — K. B., Cratz, Ky. 



2693. Pear Trees from Cuttings. Can I grow Kieffer and 

 Bartlett pear trees successfully from cuttings? If so, how shall I 

 proceed?— F. I. P., Atlec, Va. 



2694. The Garber Pear. Is it desirable for this locality?— 

 A. B., Winona, Can. 



2695. Mice Girdling Trees. What can we put on the 

 trees in the way of paints, etc., to prevent injury ? Mice are very 

 plentiful here. — G. E. F., Freeman, Can. 



2696. Sawdust as a Mulch. We have a large pile, 25 

 years old, close by. How would it do for mulching strawberries? 

 and how should it be put on?— A. C. K., So. Warsaw, O. 



2697. Market for Sweet-peas. Could you give me the 

 address of a good man in New York city, or elsewhere, to whom I 

 could consign or sell sweet-peas in their season?— W. L. O., 

 Gates, N. V. 



2698. Catalpas for Timber. Are the hardy catalpas valu- 

 able for timber? At what time should seed be sown ? 



2699. White Thorn for Pear-stock. Is it good, and if 

 so, for what purpose? — N. L. C. M. 



2700. Grapes in California. Please give description of 

 cultivation and pruning in use in California.— S. C. C, Marietta, 

 Georgia. 



2701. Wintering Cabbage-plants. When should seed 

 be sown? and how is coldframe made to winter them in?— E. C. 

 W., Zanesville, O. 



2702. Diseased Grape-leaves. What causes the grape- 

 leaves to turn yellow on the edges, as if scorched by tire? What 

 is the remedy ?— C. B., Payson, Utah, 



2703. Free-blooming Koses. Please name a dozen or 

 more that come the nearest to being constant bloomers.— J. L. P., 

 St. Louis, Mo. 



2704. Propagation of Clematis. Please describe some 

 good method of propagating Clematis Jackmanni, and others.— 



B., Montreal. 



2705. Fertilizer for Plum Trees. What is the best? 



2706. Pears after Apples. Will pears succeed in an old 

 apple-orchard where the apples have died out?— G. W., Antioch, 

 Ohio. 



2707. Planting a Flower-garden. The space has 85 feet 

 front and 30 feet depth. How would you arrange walks and 

 beds? What flowers would you plant for succession of bloom? — 

 Mrs. M. M. C, La Grange, Ga. 



2708. Muslin Bags for Bagging Grapes. Where can 

 they be bought ? Do you know of any other good bag that can be 

 fastened without pinning?— W. S. H., Montclair, N.J. 



3709- Composting Night-soil. Is there any good method 

 by which it can be speedily and properly reduced to a good garden 

 manure?— S. M.. ,Bustleton, Pa. 



2710. Best Stocks for Pears. Are pear trees from native 

 seed as good as imported stock ? Will dwarf pears do as well on 

 quince-stocks raised from seed as on stocks from cuttings?— A. S. 

 L., Wtlliard, N. Y. 



2711. Growing Cranberries. Please give some informa- 

 tion?— F. E. B., Fortsville, N. r. 



2712. Onion and Cabbage-growing. I desire to learn 

 all about it. Have never raised any. Where can I buy a garden 

 seed-drill? and what will it cost?— M. P. B., Huntsville, Ala. 



2713. Annual Flowers in Lily-beds. What sorts can 

 I plant that will not injure the growth of the lilies? 



2714. Flowers for Shady Places. What sorts can I use? 

 Will tuberous begonias grow in shade?— M., Boston. 



2715. Yellow Gladiolus. Which is the best sort?— J. M. 

 B., Columbus, Ind. 



2716. Anemones in Coldframe. Will potted anemones 

 bloom the first winter, if properly treated ? They were planted 

 about October i outside, in a frame covered with sash in cold 

 weather.— W. H. C, Evart, Mich. 



2717. Nitrate of Soda on Onions. Will it pay one to use 

 500 pounds on lY, acres? Common manure scarce and hard to 

 get. Will such application be liable to kill the seed ?— B. P., South 

 Elgin, III. 



2718. Hammond's Grape-dust. Has this proved effective 

 for grape-rot and mildew ? How often should it be applied ? Is 

 it preferable to Bordeaux mixture and easier applied? Would you 

 risk a crop of grapes on it ? — W. S. H., Montclair, N. J. 



2719. Watering Celery Stored in Trenches. How 

 should it be done? Celery unbleached, put in the trenches for 

 winter use.— J. H., Defiance, O. 



2720. Propagating Hibiscus. Will cuttings start quicker 

 in soil or in water?— Z. W. B., Bryan, O. 



2721. Wintering Canna-roots. What is the best method ? 

 — R. F., New York. 



2722. White Grub in Strawberry-beds. What can I do 

 to get rid of them ?— R. F. 



