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Apples for Nova Scotia. 
ir. Jj. It. G., Grand Pre, Nova &'co<ia.—Would 
you inform me what would be the best 
apple to graft on Golden Russet? This 
variety is of little or no use in this vicinity, 
being a very slow grower. 
Ans.— There are several good apples 
for Nova Scotia, one of them being Gra- 
venstein, for which that country Is 
famed far and wide. McIntosh Is also 
well adapted to that region, but neither 
of these is a good keeper. Sutton is a 
late keeper and is to be depended on for 
crops when apples of other kinds are 
successful. It is especially well adapted 
to the regions where Baldwin and R. I. 
Greening are commonly grown. These 
are all good for top-working on Golden 
Russet trees. h. e. v. d. 
The Niagara Peach. 
./. It., Woodinville, Wash.—Will the Niagara 
peach succeed where Alexander does? I 
had about 25 pounds of Alexander peaches 
last Summer from two trees four years 
set. The fruit was excellent. I want a 
variety to follow them. If I remember 
aright what The R. N.-Y. said about it, 
it is an extra fine peach. Will you give 
me your opinion of it? 
Ans.— The Niagara peach will do very 
well where Alexander succeeds, but it 
will not follow It immediately in season. 
There will be a gap of fully three weeks 
between them. Niagara is a most excel¬ 
lent peach, as it is very much like Early 
Crawford in size and color but is a surer 
bearer and somewhat better in quality. 
It is large, yellow and a clear freestone. 
Carman and Mountain Rose come nearer 
to the season of Alexander than Niagara 
and are both excellent in quality. All of 
these varieties will succeed as well as 
the Alexander, and better, too, for they 
are not so subject to rot. h. e. v. d. 
Improving an Orchard. 
V. J. S., Gorry, Pa.—On a farm 1 bought 
in northwest Pennsylvania two years ago 
there were about 200 apple trees. Rast Fall 
I pulled out half of them as the orchard 
contained mostly common and Fall fruit, 
but the remainder are good thrifty trees. 
They are from eight to 12 Inches in diame¬ 
ter. Would you advise me to graft them, 
or are they too large? What kind of Win¬ 
ter fruit would you advise me to select? 
Ans. —Trees are never too old to graft, 
although the larger they are the more 
labor is necessary to do the work. It is 
a hard job to climb about such large 
trees, but with good ladders an active 
person can put in the grafts to good ad¬ 
vantage. The varieties that will prob¬ 
ably pay the best are York Imperial, 
Rome Beauty, Wagener and Jonathan, 
although there are others that are good 
Winter apples in that section. 
H. E. v. D. 
Rental of Nebraska Farm. 
A reader, G. H. P., has the entire man¬ 
agement of a farm of CO acres in south¬ 
eastern Nebraska, 30 of which are in fruits 
of various kinds, and all planted and 
grown by himself, except 20 acres that 
were set to apple trees before he took 
charge and in very bad condition. He 
wishes to know what share he should pay 
for rent. The owner of the land has paid 
for all the trees and plants, except those 
grown on the land, is constantly making 
improvements on the farm, and from the 
statements of the tenant seems to be a 
most liberal and exeellent landlord. All 
the other expenses are borne by the tenant.’ 
A small nursery is also being conducted 
by him. The farm is now valued at $6,000. 
The sales last year amounted to $1,200. 
Ans. —This seems to be a case of two 
good men well met. One has the capital 
and the other the brains to handle it. 
From the tenant’s statements the im¬ 
provements on the farm are largely of 
his own creation, except the buildings 
and original fences. He has made the 
farm worth far more than it would have 
been without his skill and industry. The 
mistake is that he has not been making 
these improvements on land of his own. 
Then he would be in shape to reap the 
full rewards, as he deserves, and more 
tlian that, he would have a home of his 
own. But he has done well for himself 
and for his landlord also. As I view 
the case, if the owner pays for all build¬ 
ings and other permanent improvements, 
pays the taxes and then gets one-fourth 
of the net proceeds of the sales from the 
farm he would be doing very well. He 
should remember that the tenant is con¬ 
stantly increasing the value of the place 
by planting orchards, etc. He is getting 
the benefit of his knowledge and skill. 
Whatever is for the benefit of one party 
is correspondingly so for the other. The 
burden of thought and worry falls much 
more heavily on the one who does the 
planning and conducting of the work, 
and he should have by far the larger 
share of the profits. ii. e. v. d. 
Apples for Northwestern France. 
It. If., Lo Vivier-8ur-Mer, Prance. —We have 
in this district the finest soil for apple 
trees. They grow well, bear well, and it 
would be a profitable business to plant de¬ 
sirable varieties for market, as the great 
majority of apples grown here are cider 
apples, cider being the staple drink of the 
people. Eatable and cooking apples are 
grown here on a small scale, though every 
year we have a good demand for large 
cooking apples from August 15 till the end 
of October. We have a local variety called 
Gros Rouget, which is fit to ship about 
the end of September, and always meets 
with a ready sale; but we want a variety 
that should be fit to ship about the end of 
August. I have tried the Yellow Trans¬ 
parent, but it lacks color, is too tender 
and too early, as it ripens about harvest 
time, and we cannot begin our shipments 
before the harvest is over. So we want a 
variety of apples acid or sour, large, very 
firm and higlily colored which come to full 
size at the end of August. The tree musi 
be vigorous, hardy and prolific. Of course, 
I do not require a variety that would bear 
a crop every year, but trees which give 
good crops every other year are not to be- 
despised and they would give me satisfac¬ 
tion. Would you tell us what are the two 
or three best commercial varieties that 
would suit my requirements? We do not 
care to grow Winter apples here as long 
as we find a good market for late Summer 
sorts. 
An«.— While I have never been in 
France, and do not know well of the con¬ 
ditions there, yet I have seen many 
apples that were grown there, and can 
perhaps name varieties that will cover 
the requirements of our friend. He wants 
such as are second early, subacid, large, 
and by high color he perhaps means red 
striped or with red cheeks. In all of 
Europe they do not care so much for red 
apples as for those that are yellow or 
green. Fanny would be one that ought 
to suit in all respects. Williams is an¬ 
other of about the same season. A little 
later Wealthy would meet his wants; 
and for a very large apple of most beau¬ 
tiful appearance and fair quality the 
Wolf River would be just right. These 
are all red in color and among our most 
dependable American varieties. 
H. E. V. D. 
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