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QUESTIONS ASKED AND ANSWERED. 



3967. Peaches for Ohio.— Are seedling peach trees hardier 

 and longer lived than budded ones? What late varieties of good 

 size and quality would you recommend? Are Ellison, Wheatland 

 and Wonderful good?— D. H. H., Ohio. 



3068. Seeds of Hardy Orange.— W'here can I procure seed 

 of Limonia trifoliata . A.. Ala. 



3069. Strawberry Patch after Fruiting- — Blight, i n 

 spots all over the field, is increasing. Weeds also ha\e grown, 

 and in many places hide the vines. What can be done?— T. F., 

 Ontario. 



3070. Starting- a Blackberry Patch.— 1 have allowed the 

 suckers to grow. Can I succeed best by setting them this fall, or 

 shall I plant root-cuttings, covering them deeply, just where I want 

 the plants to stand ? — O. M. M., Indiana. 



3071. Raspberry for Home Use.— What do you consider 

 the earliest and best for this purpose ? Cuthbert is rather insipid. 

 —Mrs. G. G., Md. 



3072. Cultivating the Orchard.— How deep should I culti- 

 vate ? Are 6 inches of loose earth not better than 2 inches ? 



3073. Marianna Plum Cuttings.— What part of the wood 

 is used, and how are the cuttings rooted ?— H. M., Colo. 



3074. Who Sells Nut-Treesp— I wish to plant a few English 

 and Japanese walnuts, some chestnuts, hazlenuts, etc.— J.R.G.,yi?-^. 



REPLIES. 



2917. Keeping Dried Fruit. — Put it in stout paper 

 bags and tie them tight. This is a sure way, provided 

 millers and flies did not have access to the fruit before it 

 was put in the bag. 



2929. Remedy for Rose-Bugs. — Pour about a pint of 

 boiling water, or as much cold water with a little kero- 

 sene added to it, in a tin basin. Shake the bugs from 

 the roses into the water. — Adele. 



3008. Niagara and Imperial Gage Plums. — In the 

 ■Niagara River orchards, Niagara plums are ripe enough 

 to begin picking them by August 20, Imperial Gage by 

 August 30. Both are often marketed earlier, in a green 

 and unpalatable condition. — Henry Lutts, A'iagara 

 Co., N. Y. 



3012. The Wonder Strawberry. — According to re- 

 ports received, this appears to be none other than the 

 Oregon Everbearing. 



3031. Cold Storage for Vegetables.— A cold-storage 

 house will keep vegetables fresh until they can be profit- 

 ably sold. Produce left from one day's sales can be kept 

 fresh and nice in these houses until the next day, and 

 chilling it 24 hours before sending it to market greatly 

 improves its appearance. Cold-storage houses are, in 

 some cases, made large enough to allow backing the 

 market-wagon into them, and loading it directly from the 

 shelves. Ice is packed in the upper part of the house 

 during the winter, in sufficient quantity to last all through 

 the summer. Some, however, find it necessary, on 

 account of the small size of the storage capacity, to re- 

 pack with ice from time to time, drawing their supply 

 from the nearest public ice-house. In late fall these 

 houses are utilized for storing spinage, cauliflower and 

 other vegetables for winter sale. The sides of the houses 

 are double and packed with sawdust, so that they are 

 frost-proof. — E. P. Kirby, Mass. 



3032. Paper Plant - Labels. — Any printing-house 

 should be able to furnish the paper, if you give them a 

 sample of label and order the labels printed. Perhaps 



you can obtain the labels already printed from your 

 florist's supply store. Ask Peter Henderson & Co., of 

 New York City. 



3033. Greenhouse Glazing Fixtures.— The fixtures 

 illustrated in the June issue of American Gardening are 

 an English device, advertised in English papers. We do 

 not know that they are being used, as yet, by Americans; 

 but if there is a demand for them, manufacturers will 

 gladly supply them. 



3034. Preparing Bordeaux -Mixture.— The mixture 

 should be like white-wash. All gritty sediment may be 

 strained out, but the lime in solution should remain. 

 Stir the mixture, and at once slowly pour it off. The 

 undesirable grit settles at once, and will remain at the 

 bottom of the barrel. 



3035. Poison for Gypsy-Moth. — The best proportion 

 of glucose to mix with Paris green is as follows ; Two 

 quarts of glucose; or, if that cannot be obtained, use the 

 same amount of molasses, with 150 gallons of water and 

 one pound of Paris green. The glucose causes the Paris 

 green to adhere to the leaves, so that it is not -washed off 

 in a moderate shower. — C. H. Fernald, Mass. Experi- 

 ment Station. 



3036. Lawn Fertilizer. — Try a few tons of wood- 

 ashes and 500 pounds of nitrate of soda on your 60,000 

 square feet of lawn area. Apply it in early spring. Or, 

 in place of this, apply about a ton of some high-grade 

 complete manure, which should be rich in nitrogen. 

 Dried blood and ashes are good ; in fact, anything that 

 will supply the needed plant-foods, especially nitrogen. 

 Of course, well-composted stable-manure can also be 

 used to advantage. Cover your lawn over an inch or two 

 deep with it in the fall. Don't use coarse, rank-smelling 

 stuff. 



3037. Grass-Seed for Lawns. — We have seen no 

 reasons for changing our views regarding the relative 

 value of the highly-lauded lawn-grass mixtures sold at an 

 advanced price, and a simple half-and-half mixture of 

 Kentucky blue-grass (Poa fratensis) and red-top grass 

 {.Igrostis vulgaris). Our preference is for the latter 

 in almost every instance. 



3038. Crocuses in Sod. — Crocuses grow readily in or- 

 dinary sod. The bulbs should be 2 or 3 inches beneath 

 the surface. The flowers are scarcely out of the way 

 by the time the grass needs cutting, assuming that the 

 sod is one that is kept closely mown. A favorite place 

 for growing crocuses in grass is under the shade of de- 

 ciduous trees, where the grass does not make a strong 

 growth. Another good place for them is about the base 

 of evergreen trees, and under the branches of flowering 

 shrubs. 



3039. Water in Lily-Pond Muddy.— We cannot ac- 

 count for the muddy state of the water, unless there are 

 frogs, turtles or other lively things in the pond. It 

 should be clean. 



3018. Budding Fruit-Trees. — The following account 

 is taken from W. C. Strong's Fruit Culture, third 

 edition, just published by the Rural Publishing Co., 

 New York : At periods of active flow of sap the bark of 



