Question Box. 
No. i—To what extent do orange and 
grapefruit growers practice cutting out 
the dead wood accumulating on the in¬ 
side of trees? We would like to hear 
from some of our best growers on their 
practice along this line. 
Mr. Hart—I think it is desirable to 
cut it out and I do so when I can pos¬ 
sibly find time for the work. The dead 
wood there does no harm to the tree so 
far as I know, unless it is very large, 
but it is very inconvenient to the pickers 
and it injures and destroys considerable 
fruit. I think it advisable to prune out 
all dead wood while the fruit is small. 
No. 2—Do we cultivate the soil, dur¬ 
ing a dry time, to bring the moisture up, 
or to keep it down? 
Mr. Hoard—I do not see how cultiva¬ 
tion could have any effect towards bring¬ 
ing the moisture up, but think it would 
have the tendency to check it and keep 
it down. 
Mr. Von Engelke*.—I presume the 
practice of cultivating during a dry spell 
is for the same purpose as that accom¬ 
plished in the Western States, where 
they raise crops with practically no rain¬ 
fall whatever. They keep the soil 
stirred 1 ; in other words, keep the mois¬ 
ture down where it will do the most 
good. 
Mr. Hart—The earth cools off at 
night and sucks in the aiil that is laden 
with moisture, and in the morning as it 
warms up, that air expands and much of 
it goes out, leaving the moisture behind. 
Cultivation just helps to retain that mois¬ 
ture that is brought in the night before. 
It also prevents the escape of moisture 
that is brought up by capillary action. 
No. 3.—Will you kindly tell me of 
Bermuda Onions? Can they be success¬ 
fully and profitably grown in the latitude 
of Gainesville, Fla. ? 
Mr. (-)—At McIntosh the farm¬ 
ers have been growing onions for ship¬ 
ment on a small scale and have been 
very successful. They are pretty fair 
onions, too. 
Mr. Taylor—You cannot grow them 
on very dry land. They must be planted 
on moist land, but not too moist. It is 
one of the surest crops we can grow. 
They stand both cold and reasonably dry 
weather pretty well, and the man who 
puts them on the right kind of land is 
sure to make something of a crop. 
Mr. Painter—A crop of Bermuda on¬ 
ions grown so as to reach the early mar¬ 
ket is sure to be profitable. Late onions 
will seldom sell for over $1.00 per bushel. 
They require a rich and moist soil, or 
the soil made rich with fertilizer. I 
grew seven successive crops and all were 
profitable except one, when the * seed 
turned out to be White Californias in¬ 
stead of White Bermudas. The former 
made a large crop, but would not carry 
to market. By raising onions on irri¬ 
gated land they can be pushed during 
growing season and when they are large 
