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Ruralisms 
Onion Questions. 
I HAVE a plot of onions, Silverskin, 
sown last of April, looking well; some 
are very large, some are small. Do 
you think those that do not get large 
and are unripe would be all right to 
leave out all Winter? In Spring would 
they get ripe or go to seed? Would 
it be a good plan to sow onion seed in 
August for next year? l. g. 
Climate has much to do with the suc¬ 
cess of Fall-planted onions, and your let¬ 
ter does not say where you live. If the 
Silverskin onions are quite small you 
can plant them and make early green 
bunching onions, but if left to ripen they 
would probably fail to do so and would 
run to seed. Here in the southeast corner 
of Maryland we plant onion sets in Sep¬ 
tember for early green onions, and also 
plant sets of the Yellow Potato onion 
for making mature onions, since this 
species makes no seed and forms sets as 
offsets to the main bulb. The white Sil¬ 
verskin onions I think will run to seed 
in late Spring. w. F. jiassey. 
Distributing Grape Root-worm. 
G RAPE roots grown in a territory in¬ 
fested by the root-worm, taken up 
in the Fall and stored in a cellar, 
are to he transported in the Spring to 
a locality not known to have the root- 
worm. Would the roots carry the root- 
worm to the uninfested locality? 
Irving, N. Y. ir. g. ii. 
While there is the possibility that the 
larva* of the Grape root-worm might be 
carried in the manner above described, 
the probability that it is distributed in 
this way is very remote. In digging the 
roots all earth is removed and the sub¬ 
sequent grading and handling would dis¬ 
lodge those that were taken to the cellar 
on the roots. The fact that plantings of 
cutting - ; are rarely attacked by the root- 
worm beetle would also tend to lessen the 
probability of its spread in this manner. 
The larvae drop to the ground in very 
close proximity to the vine on which the 
eggs were laid, and migrate but little if 
any from the point at which they come in 
contact with the soil. Further, the wood 
and bark of the growing cutting do not 
offer a favorable place for egg laying, as 
they are placed in protected spots, such 
as beneath the shedding bark of the old 
stems, arms or second-year wood. The j 
spread of this post has been almost en¬ 
tirely through the flying of the beetles 
from vineyard to vineyard, and no doubt 
aided by the prevailing winds. 
F. E. GLADWIN. 
Chinese Peonies. 
B ULLETIN No. 07 of the Office of For¬ 
eign Seed and Plant Introduction, 
mentions some new tree peonies (Paeo- 
nia Moutan) sent by Mr. Meyer from 
Tsao-choufu, Shantung, China: 
Twelve rare varieties of tree peonies, 
among which are said to be yellow, blue, 
green and black flowered ones. The soil 
best suited to these tree peonies is a loose 
porous, sandy loam, with perfect drain¬ 
age and of great depth. In the district to 
the northwest of Tsao-chou one finds such 
soil and climatic conditions as seem to 
suit this peony to perfection, and the 
plants are grown there on fields as regular 
crops, and are sent all over eastern China, 
going as far south as Canton, and as far 
north as Mukden, to be used mainly for 
forcing purposes. There are said to be 
more than 1500 varieties in cultivation 
here. The best time for transplanting is 
considered to be September, while propa¬ 
gation is effected through division. The 
plants require iP/g feet distance in all di¬ 
rections to develop to perfection, while 
older plants need even four to six feet 
distance apart. At the approach of Win¬ 
ter these peonies are covered over with 
some soil, which is taken away again in 
early March. This saves the flower buds 
from being Winter-killed, and reduces 
danger of damage by men or beasts, as 
the wood of the tree peony is quite brit¬ 
tle. It is thought that possibly an in¬ 
dustry could be established in some suit¬ 
ably section of the semi-arid southwestern 
United States, where the tree peony 
could be grown in large quantities, to sup¬ 
ply florists with one of the most decora¬ 
tive flowers for Winter forcing purposes. 
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Disk Harrows; Massachusetts 
Peaches. —Will you ask your readers 
which they prefer in disk harrows, large 
or small disks, plain or Cutaway, pole 
or fore truck? Also, in Massachusetts, 
what good market peaches ripen in Au¬ 
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