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An Opinion of the Cortland Apple 
I ha»'e fruited the Cortland apple, 
though only lo a limited extent. As to 
whether it ..as a future lo he com|)Qred 
to Baldwin, I do not think so. nor do 1 
believe there is any variety in sight that 
stands the slightest chance of replacing 
Baldwin. Neither do 1 believe the Bald¬ 
win is going back. Peculiar weather con¬ 
ditions, which no one can explain, have 
caused a partial or total loss of crop on 
Baldwin trees for the last few years over 
a large area. So they have with McIn¬ 
tosh and some of the other hardiest varie¬ 
ties. I fed sure, however, few through 
this section are thinking of discarding it. 
They simply can’t ; there is nothing to 
take its place. Portland is to my mind 
the most promising variety introduced iu 
many years. It is distinctly of the McIn¬ 
tosh type, both in fruit and tree growth. 
The fruit, however, with me. is more 
conical, a little brighter red. Ims a longer 
stem, hangs well, is Inter, and keeps hei¬ 
fer. It is still, however, a McIntosh type, 
and not a Baldwin type. And while 1 
have made more money from McIntosh 
than any other variety. I have felt for 
some time there is more disappointment 
waiting for growers of McIntosh titan of 
any variety ever introduced. 
M.v friends some of them of least 
consider me queer Because of this opinion. 
However, after having tried to gather 
carefully it heavy crop front less than MX) 
trees of a vnri“t.v that must be handled 
within 10 days for best results, and 
realizing some of these friends have from 
*5.000 to 5.000 trees of this same variety, 
this conviction became fixed with me. that 
they have some very interesting exper¬ 
iences coming. The Portland. 1 will say. 
so far does not promise to have such a 
limited gathering season. Fruit hung 
last Fttil its well as Baldwin. 
wtm.iam trcrr.Yi.ixa. 
Columbia Co., X. V. 
Geranium Spot 
What is the matter with m.v geraniums? 
There seems to he something wrong with 
all of the leaves. I send a leaf to show 
the trouble, MRS. 9. C. 
Ceekskill. N. Y. 
The geranium leaves sent were affected 
with the disease known as spot. This 
disease usually appears in a very warm 
season with abundant moisture, especially 
after extreme heat, followed by heavy 
showers. It. is especially likely to appear 
if there is too much strong plant food in 
the soil. Fresh, rank manure is especially 
undesirable for geraniums. They do not 
require a rich soil, and if your plants 
have been too generously treated, this, 
combined with the weather conditions of 
the present Summer, would account for 
the trouble with your plants. 
Celery Sprouts at Sides 
Will you toll me what lo do with my 
celery? It is now about 1 ft- high, very 
thick, green and nice stalks. There seem 
to be some shoots coming up oil the sides. 
Shall I poll them off, or ,io>i let celery 
grow as it is? There is not much earth 
around the stalks. I just worked the 
ground around plants ever since planted, 
when I see the earth gets crusty. Should 
1 hill plants? It is Winter celery, 
Davidsonville, Mil. I*. C. 
Celery will sprout at tin* sides when 
dirt gets between the leaves. Often, with 
careless hoeing, dirt gels into the crown¬ 
ing.. causing this. When this happens 
we remove the surplus sprouts, leaving n 
single crown. 
The dirt should be hanked up to the 
plants gradually to make the stems Jong 
and to blanch them. We hill the plants 
a little at a time in the garden rather 
than all at the same time. When blanch¬ 
ing with hoards we remove surplus leaves 
around the outside, but in commercial 
work this practice is not practical. Al¬ 
ways use plenty of water in growing 
celery, for the faster it grows the liner 
the quality of the product. t. ii.t. 
Ownership of Bee Tree 
Will you advise me what tin* law is 
with regard to ownership of bee tree? 
Tin* tree iu question is just about a foot 
from my line fence on the property <*f a 
neighbor. it. K. o. 
Fast Chatham. X. Y. 
A tree, whether a bee tree or not. be¬ 
longs to the owner of tin* land upon 
which the tree stands. If so close to a 
line that its branches overhang the prop¬ 
erty of another, the overhanging branches 
may lie cut at the point where they cross 
tin* line, provided that such mutilation of 
the tree does not do it material injury 
other than as to appearance. The occu¬ 
pancy of a tree by a colony of bees docs 
not alter property rights in any way. 
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