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Garden  in  a  City  Lot 
I  send  some  pictures  of  plums  and 
grapes  in  my  city  lot.  The  bunch  of 
plums  originally  contained  30,  but  two 
dropped  before  the  picture  -was  taken. 
These  are  Lombard.  I  have  one  tree 
each  of  lied  June  and  Shipman's  Pride. 
I  have  two  cherries,  one  Elberta  peach, 
six  grape  vines,  one  Tolman  Sweet  ap¬ 
ple,  with  four  or  five  bushels  of  fine  fruit 
ready  to  pick,  two  Winter  pear's-,  eight 
Columbian  raspberries,  and  a  12x15  foot 
the  right  care  and  proper  feeding  while 
they  are  young.  But  we  will  take  late 
fruit,  such  as  all  the  Winter  apples  and 
pears;  they  are  bringing  you  money 
during  tbe  months  of  September  and  Oc¬ 
tober  just  when  needed,  when  hens  are 
molting  and  pullets  are  getting  ready  to 
lay,  so  the  apple  income  will  keep  your 
pocketbook  warm  and  keep  up  your 
smile  from  the  heavy  Summer  laying 
months.  It  will  keep  you  in  good  humor 
all  the  way  through,  and  keep  your 
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Plums  and  Grapes  in  a 
strawberry  bed.  This  fruit  and  the 
coops  and  runs  for  50  chickens  take  most 
of  tbe  spare  room  on  my  50x200  feet 
City  lot.  C.  M.  F BENCH. 
Broome  Co.,  N.  Y. 
Lima  Beans  Fail  to  Bear 
Our  Lima  beaus  have  blossomed  nil 
Summer  until  killed  by  front,  but  not 
one  pod  lias  set,  and  tbe  ground  lias  been 
nearly  covered  with  fallen  blossoms. 
IV hat  was  the  trouble  and  is  there  a 
remedy?  It  is  my  first  experience  of  the 
kind.  H.  B.  M. 
Bradford,  Ill. 
During  the  growing  season  just  past 
many  kinds  of  vegetables  bloomed  pro¬ 
fusely,  yet  failed  to  set  fruit.  Note¬ 
worthy  examples  are  beans  of  all  kinds, 
peppers  and  eggplants.  This  was  due  in 
large  part  to  the  warm  wet  weather  of 
early  Hummer  which  made  possible  a 
soft  luxuriant  growth,  especially  upon 
those  soils  rich  in  nitrogen.  Excessive 
application  of  chicken  manure  especially 
or  plant  foods  of  any  kind  excessively 
rich  in  nitrogen  favored  the  dropping 
of  the  blossoms.  The  remedy  for  this 
trouble  is  to  apply  less  nitrates  and  more 
of  the  mineral  fertilizers  containing 
phosphoric  acid  anti  potash.  The  former 
is  quite  economically  applied  iu  the  form 
of  acid  phosphate,  which  is  rock  dissolved 
in  sludge  acid  and  contains  11  per  cent, 
phosphoric  acid.  If  wood  ashes  are 
available  they  should  be  saved  with  the 
utmost  care,  because  they  contain  from 
five  to  six  per  cent,  of  potash  and  about 
30  per  cent.  lime.  All  these  things  help 
to  make  a  stronger  blossom  so  that  fruit 
will  be  formed. 
Another  important  consideration  is  not 
to  plant  too  closely.  Trimming  the  viues, 
cutting  them  back  or  even  injuring  them 
will  frequently  make  them  bring  forth  a 
heavy  set  of  fruit.  Many  excellent  Lima 
bean  growers  go  into  their  fields  with  a 
sickle  or  corn  knife  and  trim  back  the 
side  branches  quite  severely.  This  has 
another  advantage  in  that  it  permits  of 
a  free  circulation  of  air,  and  thus  pre¬ 
vents  many  of  the  pods  from  mildewing. 
K.  \\\  DE  BAUNT 
Poultry  and  Fruit 
I  have  read  many  articles  discussing 
the  above,  and  from  my  own  personal 
and  practical  point  of  view  will  say  it 
is  a  good  thing,  and  the  poultryman  will 
be  much  ahead  to  have  the  two  combina¬ 
tions  together.  Let  us  take  the  commer¬ 
cial  value  of  it.  Of  course  I  am  speak¬ 
ing  of  late  fruit.  I  would  not  advise  any 
poultryman  to  have  early  fruit,  as  he 
needs  all  his  time  to  “start  tbe  little  ones 
right  and  keep  them  right.’’  Remember 
your  chickens  will  lay  if  you  give  them 
City  Garden.  Fig.  564 
friendship  with  your  feathered  friends 
warmer,  and  with  such  feelings  you  will 
succeed  iu  the  poultry  line.  Success  de¬ 
pends  largely  upon  the  enthusiasm  you 
have,  and  the  apple  income  will  keep  you 
from  getting  “cold  feet”  when  your  heus 
are  busy  making  their  Winter  feathered 
clothes.  HENKY  PEBLilAX. 
Michigan. 
Parsley  for  Winter  Use 
What  is  the  best  way  to  put  up  parsley 
so  as  to  keep  it  over  Winter?  g.  a. 
Leominster,  Mass. 
For  Winter  use,  it  is  well  to  start  new 
plants  in  the  open  ground,  iu  early  Fall. 
On  the  approach  of  cold  weather  the 
plants  are  lifted  and  set  in  some  corner 
iif  a  greenhouse,  or  in  rich  loam  in  a  box 
or  other  receptacle  to  be  placed  in  a  light 
window  in  cellar  or  kitchen.  Vigorous 
old  roots  may  be  treated  in  the  same 
way;  as  a  rule  the  plants  produce  bet¬ 
ter  if  a  few  leaves  are  gathered  at  a 
Eme  from  one  individual,  instead  of  cut¬ 
ting  all  the  leaves  from  a  crown  at  once. 
The  old  plants  will  run  to  seed  the  next 
season;  new  seedlings  should  be  started 
each  Spring. 
Propagating  the  Cherry 
I  have  a  seedling  cherry  that  is  dif¬ 
ferent  and  better  than  any  cherry  I 
ever  saw.  I  have  the  one  tree  only.  How 
eau  I  get  other  trees  from  it.  by  grafting 
or  budding?  Tf  l  bud,  on  what  kind  of 
stock  i  I  have  saved  Early  Richmond 
and  Montmorency  seeds.  Can  I  plant 
this  Fall?  If  so  should  they  be  cracked 
or  soaked  first?  w.  it.  ir. 
Leipslc,  O. 
Varieties  of  cherry  are  worked  on  the 
common  Mazzard  cherry  stocks  by  graft¬ 
ing  and  budding,  most  commonly  by  the 
latter  method.  When  one  wishes  to 
raise  his  own  stocks,  the  seeds  should 
be  sown  in  a  seed  bed  in  rows  one  foot 
apart,  ns  soon  as  they  are  ripe.  Give 
good  clean  cultivation  until  the  middle 
of  August,  after  that  simply  keep  them 
free  from  weeds.  The  following  Spring 
tbe  seedlings  should  be  transplanted  in 
nursery  rows  3*4  to  four  feet  apart,  and 
six  inches  apart  iu  the  row.  Do  this  as 
early  as  the  ground  is  in  good  workable 
condition.  Cultivate  frequently  until 
budding  time,  which  will  be  about  the 
middle  of  August,  when  all  that  are  large 
enough  to  receive  a  hud  should  be  worked. 
If  not  convenient  to  grow  the  stocks 
from  seed,  or  if  it  is  impracticable  to 
do  so,  the  stocks  may  be  procured  in  the 
desired  quantity  from  any  of  the  large 
nurseries.  To  insure  the  preservation  of 
the  variety,  it  will  be  well  to  bud  it  on 
any  species  or  variety  of  stocks  you  may 
have  available.  Do  this  as  soon  as  pos¬ 
sible,  U. 
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