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Lime and Phosphoric Acid. 
Does land that needs lime to correct 
the acid in it need phosphoric acid as a 
fertilizer? j. j. j. 
Willards, Md. 
Not always. Land may be very sour, 
so that lime is needed, and yet contain 
plenty of phosphoric acid. When soil 
is lacking in available phosphoric acid, 
grain crops are slow to mature, and the 
seed or grain is apt to be light or .shrunk¬ 
en. Where there is plenty of this ele¬ 
ment the grain crops mature early and 
give plump, heavy grain. Why not test 
the soil? Try acid phosphate on strips 
through the corn or other grain, and 
watcli the growth on these strips as com¬ 
pared with the rest of the feed. 
Sowing Asparagus in Permanent Bed. 
How will it do to plant asparagus seed 
where plants are to grow permanently, 
thin out to a foot, then soon as the fe¬ 
male plants show, cut out these and only 
leave the males so as to do away with 
volunteer plants? Are males as produc¬ 
tive as females? Our market demands 
green “grass.” Is there objections to 
having plants so close to surface? 
University Park, Col. G. w. n. 
It does not pay to sow asparagus seed 
in its permanent place. Why? Because 
asparagus roots must be set seven or 
eight inches below’ the level of the ground, 
also the beetles and larva? are more dif¬ 
ficult to control (weeds also). Sowing 
the seed in drills is cheaper because all 
cultivation is easier and more effective. 
We use a hand cultivator more than a 
horse-hoe, because we can use it faster. 
Then again when we spray it is easier, 
cheaper and better in drills than when 
so spread out two or three feet apart. 
The seed drills should be planted about 
one inch deep and four or five to the 
foot. It may pay to try to select the 
male plants, but most grow’ers will not 
venture. The male plants are not dis¬ 
tinguishable the first year as a general 
thing, but they produce larger stalks and 
thus are more profitable. It hardly pays 
to bother with them, however. Female 
plants produce more stalks than males 
but on the whole the large stalks from 
male plants are easier cut and packed, 
and of course sell for more money. Good 
one-year-old roots are selected better 
when grown in seed bed, and thus se¬ 
lected grow in fine shape. c. w. P. 
any case one must have the crop to sell, 
and that means those that yield well. 
Connecticut. A. G. GULLEY. 
Some of the finest varieties of apples 
are the most profitable. Among these 
in the upper Hudson Valley district I 
would place Baldwin. Northern Spy. R. 
I. Greening and McIntosh Red. These 
would certainly be among the best com¬ 
mercial sorts. The Baldwin being always 
with us, few appreciate the fact tlxat in 
its season it should rank among the best 
as to quality'. Some of the so-called 
very fine dessert varieties have serious 
faults that really bar them from being 
planted by the average commercial fruit 
grower. They may require special soil 
and markets or such care in handling or 
storing as to make them a precarious 
proposition. Such varieties can only be 
profitably grown by the specialist who 
has made a special study of them. New¬ 
town Pippin, Grimes Golden, Yellow 
Transparent and Jonathan as grown in 
upper Hudson Valley in this class. 
Growers who in their plantings have 
tied up to tried commercial sorts like 
Duchess, Wealthy, McIntosh, Greening, 
Baldwin, Northern Spy, King and Ben 
Davis have been the most successful, and 
the average grower would best not go 
very far away from the beaten path and 
chase catalogue rainbow’s. Some addi¬ 
tional sorts that give promise of being 
good commercial varieties for this sec¬ 
tion are Alexander and Fall Pippin. 
New York. b. d. v. b. 
For the average grower, who has not a 
special market for the fine dessert varie¬ 
ties of apples, I should say grow the 
standard old varieties. But if the right 
man, who can look up the market for 
fine fruit, and has a joy in growing the 
finer varieties, such an one would do 
better to grow’ them, but not the average 
grower. delos tenny. 
New York. 
Tree Growth. 
After the first year I like to have the 
trees make from 18 inches to three feet 
yearly till they come to bearing age. One 
foot is a satisfactory growth for the first 
year. On an old bearing apple orchard 
if I get one foot ot average growth I am 
satisfied. delos tenny. 
New York. 
On young trees a growth of three or 
four feet per year is safe, or all they 
can put on and not w’inter-kilL On older 
trees that ought to come in to full bear¬ 
ing w’e notice that if trees grow more 
than a foot or 14 inches at tips they are 
quite likely to go to wood and give us 
little or no fruit. c. b. cook. 
Michigan. 
Regarding the growth of apple trees, 
I would say this will depend largely 
upon the season, var»ety and amount of 
fruit upon the trees. I expect my young 
trees to make from 15 to 18 inches 
growth under almost any conditions and 
very often some vigorous growers will 
make from three feet upward. Of 
course large bearing trees which are 
very heavily loaded with fruit will not 
make as much wood growth. I would 
say from eight to 12 inches would be a 
fair growth in such trees. 
New Jersey. j. h. Barcla y. 
Shall We Plant Fancy Varieties ? 
Does your experience show that it 
really pays to grow and sell finer varie¬ 
ties of apples? As a rule such fruits are 
not the heaviest yielders, and are often 
less hardy than the so-called “commer¬ 
cial” sorts. The finer fruit ought to 
bring more, but does not always do so 
in the general market. For the average 
grower of fruit, knowing the market as 
you do, would you advise planting the 
fine dessert varieties or the standard old 
sorts which fill the general requirements? 
I have never tried to grow the fancy 
kinds of apples; for me, the standard 
varieties. Ilad I the location near a 
large city, ami had the time and inclin¬ 
ation to "peddle” I might try the fancy 
fruits. E. C. GILLETT. 
New York. 
I should advise planting the standard 
old sorts, for the reason that they are 
known on the market and sell readily. 
Unknown or uncommon sorts, no matter 
how fine, do not sell well. The dessert 
varieties should be grown by the amateur, 
and incidentally I might say that many, 
if not most, of the finest varieties are 
being overlooked, and very soon will be 
lost entirely. A good garden should in¬ 
clude a variety of the choicest ripening 
in succession. What is there better to 
eat than a good apple, and we can have 
them without much trouble, so very fine. 
I suggest dwarf trees for small gardens. 
New York. w. c. BABKY. 
For the average grower, I would ad¬ 
vise, by all means, to use largely of the 
standard sorts. But for myself, and 
handling largely in a local market, I 
should, and have planted much wider 
not omitting the standards, but adding 
others that grow and do well and have 
quality; not necessarily new kinds, as 
one, Fall Pippin, a very old kind, is 
being much overlooked. However with 
it all, I think the care in preparing for 
market is the important thing. At the 
present time this will sell any kind. In 
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