II IS the privilege of subscrihei s to ask any questions about sardenitig in any department. All will be answered bv specialists. 

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

 be/ore June, "when the answer would be unseasonable. Questions received before the ^th of any tnonth will probably be answerid in 

 next issue. Please do not expect answers by mail except to very important questions. Inquiries appeal ing without name belong to the 

 name next following . 



Replies to inquiries are requested from our readers. In ansivering give the number of question and your address, not for pub- 

 lication, unless desired. IVrite only on one side of the paper. 



{The succession m numbei ing folloii's the Octobei Popular 

 Gardening.) 



2613. Apricots in Michig'an. Can any of them be grown 

 here with any hope of success? What varieties are best to plant? 

 If budded upon wild plum, how long before they would come into 

 bearing? 



2614. Pears for Profit. In setting 100 trees, would you plant 

 mostly Bartlett or Anjou? — C. H. F., Rives Junction, Mich. 



2615. Violet Growing'. Have just put up three new violet 

 houses. Please give me the essential requirements of the crop? — 

 J. E,, Nyack, N. Y. 



2616. Heating Small Hot-house with Hot Water. 

 How are the pipes arranged, and circulation kept up?— J. C. A., 

 Washington, Ind. 



2617. Home Nursery. How can I grow cherry, apple, 

 peach, and pear trees for my home supply ? 



2618. Pear Sprouts as Stocks. Are the shoots that spring 

 up around pear trees good lor stocks? 



2619. Cherries Sprouting'. Why do our old red cherries 

 sprout so from the roots? What kinds do not? — Subscriber, 

 Dexter, Mich. 



2620. Raising Lily Bulbs. How can I increase them, espe- 

 cially Easter Lily and Liliuni auratumf 



2621. Pruning' Currant Bushes. How should this he 

 done?— R. A. C, Orchard Park, N. Y. 



2622. Winter Treatment of Oleanders. Should they be 

 kept in the dark during winter, and is it best to cut them back 

 after flowering in the spring?— .Mrs. G. S., Montreal, Canada. 



2623. Managing Apples. Do you know of any treatise 

 giving culture, packing and shipment? If not, please give some 

 pointers about packing for domestic and foreign shipment. — Y. M. 

 C. A., Richmond , I'a. 



2624. Grape Mildew. What is cause and remedy for it? 



2625. Black Rot of Grape. What is the cause of the dead 

 spots in enclosed grape leaves? — Wm. A. S., Philadelphia, Pa. 



2626. Excelsior Peach. Is this new variety worthy of gen- 

 eral planting, both for market and home use? — R. M. W., Colum- 

 bus, O. 



2627. Prickly Comfrey for Forage. Is it of value? Is 

 it difficult to eradicate? 



2628. Japanese Wineberry. Is this of any particular 

 value, except as a curiosity? — D. M. D., Carpenteria, Cat. 



2629. Chopped Apples. Can you give me the address ot 

 parties buying chopped apples at prices named in Durand's 

 paper? Also address of firm selling sheer ?—N. L. G., 7Vort;'w^- 

 ham, N.J. 



2630. Stone's Hardy Blackberry. Is this a good one for 

 Indiana? — G. S., Indianapolis. 



2631. Cheap Fruit Evaporator. Can you recommend 

 one?— A. E., Salem, Utah. 



2632 Winter Protection ot Roses. How should we 

 treat the out-door varieties ?—M. W. V., Lancaster , Pa. 



2633. Bordeaux Mixture on Grapes. Will the scare 

 recently caused by action of the Board of Health in New York 

 city have a lasting injurious effect on the grape market? — Grape 

 Grower, Canandaigua, N. Y. 



2634. Affected Chestnut Trees. A great many of our 

 chestnuts here were this summer attacked by what appeared to 

 be a blight ; the leaves over the entire tree wilt , then turn yellow 

 and fall off. On examination of the body, I find something likg 

 tracks of some minute grub or worm between the inner bark and 

 tliewood? Who can give light on the subject ? C.K , Laurel, Md. 



2635. Promoting Fruitfulness of Growing Fruit 

 Trees. My orchard trees are remarkably thrifty, but very tardy 

 in fruiting. Have remained almost barren. What can be done? 

 Anxietv, Batavia, N. Y. 



2636. Hardy Apples. Ail our apple trees have been winter 

 killed , but we have none of the newer introductions. Will some 

 one at the cold north tell what varieties endure their winters? — 

 Mrs. H. a. D., Constantia, O. 



2637. Meyer Grape. Is it hardy, and if so, does it equal 

 Delaware in size, quality and productiveness? — H. Ann Arbor, 

 Mich. 



2638. Night Temperature for Conservatory. Resi- 

 dence heated by hot water ; conservatory 7x15, heated in same 

 manner, well protected to the north. What night temperature 

 should be arranged for a general assortment of plants ?— A. C. T., 

 Huntington, W. I'a. 



2639. Chinese Lilies in Clear Glass Bowls. Will 

 they grow and flower well ? 



2640. Violet Disease. Leaves marked with disease spots. 

 Would it do to use the plants for forcing ? — H. A. M., Port Jarvis, 

 N. Y. 



2641. Prizetaker Onion Sown in Fall. Can this variety 

 be kept over winter for spring setting, if sown out-doors this fall? 

 — F. D. B., Galena, O. 



2642. Gregg Raspberry Sets. I grubbed out a patch. 

 Plants sprung up thickly from the roots. Can they be used for 

 sets?— C. A. S., Whitehall, Wis. 



26iz. Cabbage Leaf Blight. Is there such a disease? it 

 so, what is the cause and remedy? — Subscriber, Mercer, Pa. 



2644. Oats in Currants. Would it be a good plan to sow 

 oats in the currant patch to serve as mulch for winter? — A.A.J. 

 P., Jr., Providence, R. I. 



2645. Growing Potted Strawberry Plants for Mar- 

 ket. Land new, now in cabbages. Fertilized broadcast with 

 compost of eight barrels fish scrap, 20 one-horse loads muck, 30 of 

 sea-weed, and 30c pounds phosphate. How should I set and treat 

 plants, and what other fertilizer should I use?— E. W. W., Han- 

 cock Point, Md. 



2646. Planting Dwarf Pears. Should the trees be set deep 

 enough so roots will be formed from thegraft? — W. N. F., Grimsby, 

 Can. 



