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remains on the tree and is not injurious to 
either the bark or the sheep. Straw ropes 
wound about the trees, have been found useful. 
But scarcely anything will deter the sheep 
when instinctively desiring the astringent, 
bitter flavor of the bark unless they are pro¬ 
vided with something of the bmd to gnaw and 
eat. it is a good thing to prune the trees and 
leave some or all of the pruningsin the orchard 
for this purpose. This supplies what they 
require. 
ROSES FOR AUSTIN, TEXAS. 
G. I. IL, Austin, Texas. What are the 
four most beautiful climbing roses? 
Ans.—O nly by trial can you know what are 
the best Roses for Austin. All the climbing 
Noisette and Tea Roses thrive admirably 
tnere. For example, behold the rampant and 
(he lovely Cloth of Gold aud Marechal Niel 
in many of your neighbors’ gardens, as well 
as nt, Bren ham, Houston, Galveston, and else¬ 
where in your State. Lamarque is a maguifi- 
cent white; Gloire de Dijon, salmon and buff; 
and Reine Marie Henriette, cherry red, some¬ 
what new. 
Miscellaneous. 
J. V. L., Deckertown, N. J. I have 500 
peach trees. The cold weather this Spring 
has killed all the buds; I have not seen one 
blossom. I do not think the peach blossoms 
have been killed ou this farm in 20 years. 1 
live three miles east of Peckertowu, Sussex 
Co., N. J. IIow is the peach crop in N. JJ 
Ans. —From a very large number of reports 
received in this city during the last month 
we conclude that the N. J. peach crop will be 
very short th s year. Still in many places 
the outlook early in the season promised so 
excessively heavy a crop, that the injury from 
late frosts has served only as a desirable 
thinning, so that the crop will possibly be a 
fair one. Peaches and cherries are reported 
to have been iujured by the frosts much more 
severely than other fruits, yet on the whole 
it hardly seems likely that there will be a 
peach famine. In the Hudson River Valley, 
however, the peach crop is reported to be 
utterly ruiued; and peaches will probably be 
not over-abundant this year. 
N. V. H., Hannibal, N. Y. 1, What is the 
remedy for small black fly that infests my 
onion patch ? 2, When should superphosphate 
be applied—before or after I he fin>t weeding ? 
Ans. —1, We do not know what fly is re¬ 
ferred to. A small fly deposits its eggs in the 
onion near the ground, causing the onion 
m<ggot. We can only recommend dusting 
the onions with fresh air-slaked lime, or 
wood ashes. 2, The phosphates you propose 
to sow may keep the fly away. Much depends 
upon the solubility of the fertilizer with re¬ 
gard to when it shoul l be applied, if raw 
bone flour is alone used, it cannot he sown too 
early. We should advise you to sow the fer¬ 
tilizer at once and scratch it in. 
G. S. S., Middleburg, Pa. 1, How much 
London-purple should be applied to an acre of 
potatoes, and how should it be applied—wet 
ordry I 2, Is there any reason to fear a panic 
this year l 
Ans —How much to the acre would depend 
upon the number of the beetles. We never 
dust a plant upon which there are no beetles 
or larvae, for the reason that all jioisons harm 
the leaves. We mix our London-purple with 
plaster on the floor of a little used, old imple¬ 
ment room—half a barrel at a time—one 
part of the Purple to SO of plaster; in wa¬ 
ter, a heaping tablespoonful to two gallons of 
water. 2, We do not see that there is. 
F. W. 8., Baden, Pa. Wishing to put a 
roof on a shed, 1 was told a good one could be 
made by laying an even surface of boards on 
which coarse paper is to be tucked, this in 
turn, to l>e covered with the coal tar mixed 
with resin, put on boiling hot, the whole to be 
covered with coarse gravel—is a roof of this 
sort durable? 
Ans —Your information is quite correct. 
Such roofs when the work is well done are 
quite durable. The pitch of the roof, how¬ 
ever, must not be too steep, as the sun's rays 
soften the tar somewhat, so that the gravel 
aud tur would gradually run towards the 
lower part aud drop off if the roof were steep. 
IF. IJ. R., Sandusky, Ohio. In a late Rurai. 
was given the composition of a wash to be 
applied to apple and quince trees as a pro¬ 
tection against the borer, would it also destroy 
the peach tree borer, and when should it be 
applied ? 
Ans —It will not kill borers. No application 
can do this since they are sheltered by the 
bark or wood,as the case may be. Washes of 
this kind are distasteful to the female which 
deposits the egg upon the bark. It should be 
applied now, in mid Summer and in mid-Fail, 
J. L. C , Sherman, N. Y. Is there any pat¬ 
ent on divisiou boards in bee-hives, or on the 
adjustable bee hive ? 
Ans. There is no patent on division boards 
in common use. N. 0. Mitchell has a patent 
on certain iron pins or lugs he uses in connec¬ 
tion with the division boards in use in his 
adjustable hives. Neither tinse hives nor iron 
pins are used by any practical bee keeper, al¬ 
though Mitchell gulls some into buying them. 
We have seen some very harsh language ap¬ 
plied to him in this connection. 
M. G, P, Big Rapids, Mich., sends blossoms 
for name of plant, and asks where the Rural 
Branching Sorghum can be obtained. 
Ans. —This is the June or Service Berry, 
Shad Bush—Amelanchier Canadeusis, proba¬ 
bly variety ulnifolia. There is a dwarf sort 
that is well worthy of cultivation in gardens. 
It fruits abundantly and the fruit is very 
showy. James M. Thorburn & Co., 15 John 
Street have the genuine Rural Branching 
Sorghum. 
E. C., Logan's Ferry, Pa. 1, What is the 
best treatment for heaves in horses? 2, What 
is the best time to sow Hungarian Grass? 3, 
Could it be sown with Timothy and clover? 
Ans. —1. A query like this was auswered at 
full length as late as April 15 in thU Depart¬ 
ment of the Rural, and to this we must refer 
our inquirer. 3. About the middle of May 
for the above locality. 3. No: better seed 
after the crop of Hungarian Grass is removed. 
Plow, harrow and roll. 
E. D. B,, Mountainville, N. Y., Can air- 
slaked lime be applied to strawberries to de¬ 
stroy the white grub and prevent the growth 
of sorrel, without injury to the berry crop ? 
Ans. —Slaked lime may be used without 
injury to the plauts and probably without in¬ 
jury to the grubs. We should not cate to 
lime our strawberry land very fiercely. Salt 
has been highly commended. We have tried 
it without auy visible effect. 
H. G. C. Where can I get the Rocky Moun¬ 
tain Rose Potato, which made 900 bushels to 
the acre, according to the report in the Ru¬ 
ral of March 18. 
Ans. —We believe they are not yet for sale. 
Such reports should not influence our readers 
unduly. We should much like to see a yield 
of 900 bushels to the acre on a considera¬ 
ble acreage, 
C. L., Chatham, N. J., sends insect found 
on apple tree for name. 
Ans. The specimen was received in bad c n- 
dition. It appears to be the Apple Fly or 
Drosophila. This fly, it is said, attacks mostly 
the earlier varieties. The larvte enter the 
apple where it has been bored by the apple 
worm, or punctured by the curculio. 
H. H. McN,, Mahoning Co., O., complains 
of the dealings of N. P. Boyer & Co.. Coates- 
ville, Ohio. 
Ans. —This is not the first complaint we 
have had in reference to this firm’s way of 
doing business. 
T, P. L., Jeffersontown, Ky. Where can 
I get hogs of the stock called the Black Beauty? 
Ans. —We suppose our friend refers to the 
engraving of Black Beauty, an Essex sow, 
that appeared iu the Rural, of September 3, 
1881. Sue was owned by J. W. Woodward, 
Lockport, New York. 
A. B , Tryon, N. C., asks whether a ‘‘peach 
circular” sent out by L. P. Coblentz, of Mary¬ 
land, tells the truth. 
AN3.—We know nothing about Coblentz, or 
Coblentz’s circulars. Why not have s>. nt us 
one of them? 
" Subscriber," Windom, Minn. What is the 
best way and time for destroying catnip and 
burdock ? 
Ans.— There is no more effectual way than 
by hoeing it up. The best time for the bur¬ 
dock is while it is in bloom. 
W. J. P., New Orleans, La.: Will the com¬ 
mon red onion do well within 20 miles of this 
city ? 
Ans. —No. We would advise the Giant 
Rocco. 
T. M. D., Milford, Del., calls attention to a 
typographical error in the Rural of April 
29, where occurs the remark that the Rural 
corn must be planted on one-fourth of an acre 
—that is, 33 by 83 feet. Of course one-fourth 
was a misprint for one-fortieth—as plainly 
shown by the number of feet. Thanks for 
calling attention to it, however. 
The Rural solicits criticisms upon any or 
all of its answers to questions and, also, addi¬ 
tional answers or comments from those who 
can speak from experience. 
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