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Pruning Young Maple Trees 
I should like to know the culture and 
pruning of young maple trees. Should 
they be pruned the same as fruit trees? 
Some of the branches are very low, 
should they be cut off so that the trees 
may attain their proper height? 
New Jersey. r. a. n. 
Young maple trees should be pruned 
similar to young fruit trees. The great¬ 
est difference in method comes between 
trees that can be permitted to develop 
naturally and those which must be 
trained for some reason or another. For 
example, maples on city streets must be 
kept free of branches below 8 to 12 feet 
from the ground, even higher if vehicle 
traffic is close to the trees. In the open 
country, however, little pruning need be 
done after the first year or two. The 
trees will do just as well, if not better, 
if left to themselves, attention being 
given merely to the removal of dead 
limbs or interfering branches. H. b. t. 
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Scale on Palm 
I find some scale on my palm leaves. 
What can J use to remove these scales? 
I have tried washing and picking them 
off with a toothpick, but I have to do that 
so'often. MRS. E. H. B. 
Schodack Landing, N. Y. 
Whale-oil soap solution, 1 lb. soap to 
five gallons of water, is desirable for get¬ 
ting rid of scale on palms. The reason 
you do not get rid of them is probably 
because the little newly-hatched insects 
are not noticed when you remove the old 
ones. If the palm is not too large to 
handle, dip it in a vessel of soapsuds, 
first covering the earth in pot with a disk 
of cardboard, cut to admit the stem, so as 
to keep the soil from falling out. Rinse 
the foliage through the soapsuds to re¬ 
move the insects. If this is not con¬ 
venient use the soapsuds as a spray. The 
firmly fixed hard-shelled insects may be 
rubbed off with a bit of sponge or absor¬ 
bent cotton attached to a toothpick and 
dipped in the soapsuds. 
Trimming Raspberries 
I planted some raspberry plants last 
Spring, and they grew from two to three 
feet high. Would it be advisable to trim 
some of the tops off this Spring? v. s. 
New Jersey. 
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Collar Rot in Apple Tree 
I have some fruit trees that are af¬ 
fected with fungous trouble, I am told. 
The bark sloughs off at or near the 
ground and the trees die. It starts in a 
small way and finally encircles the whole 
trunk. Can you advise me what to do to 
save the trees affected? l. w. j. 
Bedford, Ohio. 
From your description of the ailment, 
collar rot is at once suggested. So far 
as is now known it is not caused directly 
by_ any attacking fungus but by Winter 
injury or mechanical or mouse injury, 
which permit the entry of fungus. Grimes 
Golden and Tompkins King are especially 
subject to collar rot. Practical orchard- 
ists usually resort to measures of sanita 
tion, cutting out the dead tissue thor¬ 
oughly and carefully treating the wound 
with an antiseptic solution, such as car¬ 
bolic acid or bichloride of mercury, and 
then painting with a tar paint. In case 
the damage is extensive bridge graftin'* 
is advisable or the inarching of a seed¬ 
ling planted close to the tree. h. b. t. 
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Flowers for a Sunny Place 
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Will you tell me the kind of flowers to 
plant on the south side of a building, 
where there is no shade? Something that 
will stand dry weather. Do you think 
asters or bachelor’s buttons would do? 
If not. what kind would you prefer? 
Carbondale, Ill. e. h. 
We would not advise asters in the loca¬ 
tion described. The south side of a 
building, where it is warm and dry, 
would not be congenial. Cornflowers or 
bachelor’s buttons like a warm, sunny 
spot, but cannot be depended on for the 
entire season in such a place. Zinnias, 
marigolds, Calendulas, California pop¬ 
pies, cockscombs, Coreopsis lanceolata, 
Salpiglossis, heliotrope and Verbenas 
should all do well. A border of the low- 
growing California poppies, with mari 
golds or Zinnias behind them, would 
makes a very showy display. 
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You should cut back the canes some 
time this Spring before growth starts. 
The very weak shoots should be removed 
altogether, and the others headed back 
more or less, depending upon their vigor 
and strength. Ordinarily red raspberries 
are trimmed-to a height of between three 
or four feet, but you will have to head 
your plants lower, this next year or their 
vigor will be depleted through a tendency 
to overproduction and through breakage 
of weak shoots. h. b. t. 
The Mapes Formula & Peruvian Guano Co. 
143 Liberty St.,{New York City, N. Y. 
Hartford Branch: - 239 State Street, Hartford, Conn. 
