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THE CULTIVATOR. 
August 
Inquiries and Answers. 
Germination of Cherry Stones. (S. I. Logan, 
Washington , Conn.) —The stones should he washed 
from the cherries when the latter are fully ripe, and 
as soon as the surface has dried in the shade, mixed 
with more than their hulk of sand, and buried in a 
shallow pit in the earth, covered first with flat stones, 
and then with a few inches of earth. Here they may 
remain through the winter ; hut the first moment that 
the frost disappears from the ground the following 
spring, they are to he taken out and planted in drills. 
They may be planted in autumn ; hut the soil settling 
hard about them, is apt to prevent their growth, un¬ 
less it is of the lightest character. Freezing tends to 
remove the shell, and assist germination. The Maz- 
zard makes the hardest stocks, hut the improved heart 
varieties succeed well in most cases. 
Evergreens for Protection.—(A Subscriber.) 
—Any kind of evergreen trees will answer, provided 
they grow rapidly and tolerably dense. Our corres¬ 
pondent may procure such sorts as are most accessi¬ 
ble among the native trees, and intersperse Norway 
firs pretty freely from the nurseries, with some silver 
firs, Scotch firs, and other exotics. The native white 
pine grows rapidly, and is a beautiful tree—the Nor¬ 
way grows still faster—the hemlock, when grown in 
open ground, is unexcelled in appearance, and is a fair 
grower. Summer breezes are more apt to be cut off 
by too large a proportion of deciduous trees, than by 
any amount of evergreens likely to be employed. Our 
correspondent will please remember that in trans¬ 
planting, the great secret of success is to carry a good 
solid cake of earth (unfrozen is easiest) on the roots 
of each tree. - 
Crawford’s Early and Jaque’s Rareripe. —(J. 
A. Donaldson, Ravenna.) Crawford’s Early is usually 
a few days earlier than Jaque’s—sometimes they ri¬ 
pen together. Crawford’s Early is superior to this, 
and to nearly every other sort, by its uniform produc¬ 
tiveness in every part of the country. 
Selection, and Management of an Orchard.— 
(A Beginner, Islip, L. I.) — Our correspondent will 
find all the needed information on this subject, which 
is rather too extensive for an article in our paper, in 
the American Fruit Culturist. 
Wid|:h for Walks. — I believe that you reccom- 
mend*on»ewhere in the Cultivator, having the main 
path or paths in a garden, 5 or 6 ft. wide. Why would 
not 3 ft. wide answer all purposes as well as a greater 
width 7 0. P. 
For an ornamental garden, and especially for one 
laid out in the modern style, main walks less than 5 
feet wide would look cramped and meagre. For a par¬ 
terre (or small group of geometrical beds) many may 
be much narrower. 
A kitchen garden, whose appearance is of small 
sccount, may have the walks of any convenient width. 
There are many gardens with a sort of mixture of 
the ornamental and geometrical, with the kitchen gar¬ 
den—with broad alleys across the middle, flanked 
with straight flower borders. We do not admire this 
arangement, but when adopted, the main or central 
walks never look well unless at least 6 or 7 ft. wide, 
and very smoothly and neatly kept. 
Lawton Blackberry. —(J. J. Swan, Fa.) We 
know of no one of whom this variety may be procur¬ 
ed except of S. P. Carpenter, New Rochelle, West.Co., 
N. Y. Knevett’s Giant Raspberry, and Muscat of Al¬ 
exandria grape, may be had of the principal nursery¬ 
men. — 
Distance for Melons, &c. — I perceive that Buis} 
and others recommend to plant Melons in hills 6 ft. 
apart; and leave 4 plants in a hill; but I plant mine 
in hills 3 ft. apart, and leave 1, only in a hill; which 
do you think the best practice 7 
What is the reason that wild strawberries, when cul¬ 
tivated, will bear no fruit 7 This has been my experi¬ 
ence, though I have heard of some that have succeed¬ 
ed. One Who Admires the “Cultivator.” 
Without any decisive practical experience, we should 
prefer the mode described by our correspondent, pro¬ 
vided the soil is equally easy of preparation, planting, 
and cultivation. On a uniformly manured surface, it 
obviously possesses the advantage of a more even dis¬ 
tribution of roots through the soil, and of plants over 
the surface of the ground. Artificially manured hills 
are sometimes more conveniently made as recommend¬ 
ed by Buist. 
We cannot answer the inquiry relative to the 
strawberry, without more knowledge of the circum¬ 
stances—have any of our correspondents observed simi¬ 
lar results 7 In the few experiments we have witness¬ 
ed, we never saw any increased sterility 
The Apple-Worm. 
Is he alive or has the severe winter destroyed him 7 
Unless we get deliverance from this enemy in some 
way our apple crops will soon be alarmingly small and 
unsound. This inseet seems to be more and more preva¬ 
lent every year for some seasons past. The habitat or 
hiding place of this animal during the winter, and its 
habits, do not seem to be sufficiently understood to sug¬ 
gest an effectual mode of warring with it. . We have 
not been fortunate enough to hear of any mode of pre¬ 
venting its depredations having proved reliably or ex¬ 
tensively successful. If any of our readers should 
think they know of any such successful mode of defence 
against the destructive attacks of this moth, the pub¬ 
lic would gladly hear from them ; and if their method 
should prove generally successful they would be hailed 
as ingenious and fortunate discoverers, and yet more, as 
public benefactors. The discovery of a mode of preyen- 
tion would justly entitle any man to the credit of great 
ingenuity or great good fortune, for many have tried 
it and failed; and that would certainly be a public 
benefit, which would save thousands of bushels of ap- [ 
pies from destruction, and which would save apple- i 
eaters from wormy apples,—certainly an almost intol- > 
erable, a patience-destroying nuisance. * V 
