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THE  MAILBAG 
Transplanting  Evergreens 
What  time  should  pine  and  cedar  trees 
be  transplanted,  and  how  should  they  be 
treated?  How  close  could  they  be  planted 
to  a  house  and  make  them  live?  How 
large  may  they  be?  Can  holly  trees  be 
transplanted?  When?  M.  0.  F. 
Seaford,  Del. 
Trees  should  be  transplanted  in  the 
dormant  period;  that  is.  when  they  are 
making  no  growth.  With  pines  and  cedars 
this  will  be  almost  any  time  between  Au¬ 
gust  and  Spring,  but  the  best  time  to 
transplant  pine  and  cedar  trees  is  in  the 
late  Spring,  just  before  or  just  as  the  new 
growth  is  starting.  With  large  trees  it 
is  a  good  plan  to  transplant  the  trees  with 
a  large  ball  of  frozen  earth  adhering  t.i 
their  roots.  In  this  way  the  larger  root 
system  necessary  to  the  larger-sized  trees 
is  more  easily  handled  and  less  disturbed 
There  is  no  limit  to  the  size  trees  that 
may  be  transplanted,  provided  there  is 
sufficient  power  to  handle  them,  but  ordi¬ 
narily  more  success  will  attend  the  trans¬ 
planting  of  small-sized  trees.  It  should 
be  possible  to  plant  them  as  close  to  the 
house  as  is  desired,  provided  the  factors 
of  shade,  moisture  supply  and  desired 
spread  are  first  carefully  considered.  For 
holly  trees,  and  doubtless  M.  G.  F.  refers 
to  tlie  evergreen  holly,  the  same  directions 
will  apply  as  those  for  transplanting 
cedars  and  pines.  ir.  B.  T. 
Top-working  Conifer  Trees 
Will  you  inform  me  the  method  to  use 
in  top-working  conifer  trees?  Can  same 
be  root-grafted  the  same  as  apples? 
Arendtsville,  I*a.  c.  w.  M. 
We  have  never  seen  a  conifer  that  lias 
been  top-worked,  neither  can  we  locate 
anybody  else  who  has  ever  seen  the  feat 
performed.  It  ought  not  to  be  a  physical 
impossibility,  yet  we  wonder  why  anyone 
would  care  to  do  it.  A  conifer  is  usually 
valued  for  its  general  shape  and  sym¬ 
metry,  and  not  for  its  fruit.  Top-work¬ 
ing  would  spoil  it  as  an  ornamental. 
Most  conifers  may  be  root-grafted,  but 
the  method  of  procedure  is  slightly  differ¬ 
ent  from  that  used  for  apples.  With  the 
apple,  a  whip  or  tongue-graft  hi  made ; 
that  is,  both  the  scion  and  the  stock  are 
cut  diagonally,  the  cut  surface  being  an 
inch  or  two  in  length.  They  are  then 
split  or  cut  vertically  an  inch  or  so,  and 
the  so-called  tongue  of  the  scion  is  in¬ 
serted  in  the  <  left  of  the  stock.  Hut  with 
the  conifers  the  veneer-graft  is  used,  com 
cise  directions  for  which  are  given  in 
Bailey's  “Nursery  Manual”  :  “An  incision 
is  made  on  the  stock  just  through  the 
bark  about  an  inch  long,  tlm  bit  of  bark 
being  removed  by  means  of  a  downward 
sloping  cut  at  its  base.  The  base  of  the 
scion  is  cut  off  obliquely,  and  on  the  long¬ 
est  side  a  piece  of  bark  is  removed,  cor¬ 
responding  tp  the  part  taken  from  the 
stock.  The  little  tongue  of  bark  on  the 
stock  covers  the  base  of  the  scion  when 
it  is  set.  The  scion  is  tied  tightly  to  the 
stock,  usually  with  raffia.  .  .  .  It  is 
not  necessary  to  wax  over  the  wounds, 
as  a  rule.  If  used  in  the  open,  however, 
wax  should  be  used.”  it.  B.  T. 
Sour  Honey 
We  Have  a  few  cans  of  strained  honey 
that  has  been  kept  for  some  time.  It 
seems  to  have  a  little  sour  taste.  Is  there 
any  way  of  treating  it  so  as  to  make  it 
useful  ?  G.  G.  B. 
Red  Hook,  N.  Y. 
If  your  honey  has  not  been  soured  too 
much,  you  can  bring  it  back  to  a  normal 
condition  by  heating  it.  But  lit*  careful 
not  to  let  the  temperature  go  higher  than 
160  deg.  F.  Any  honey  slightly  tart,  or 
having  an  acid  taste,  can  easily  be  re¬ 
stored  in  this  manner.  But  where  the 
souring  process  has  gone  too  far  there  is 
nothing  to  do  but  let  the  honey  go  on  into 
vinegar.  Honey  vinegar  itself  is  a  very 
superior  product.  E.  R.  R. 
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Raw  Potatoes  for  Poultry 
Raw  potatoes  are  excellent  food  for 
chicks  and  adult  fowls.  As  a  student  of 
foods  and  feeding  and  a  lifetime  observer 
in  poultry  husbandry.  1  can  vouch  for 
this.  Truth  is  always  accepted  slowly 
and  grudgingly  in  this  world,  where  error 
so  frequently  seems  to  be  endowed  with 
eternal  life.  Raw  potatoes  are  succulent 
food,  contain  anti-scorbutic  vitamin,  and 
also  desirable  mineral  matter  iu  readily 
assimilable  form.  They  stimulate  egg 
production.  Chicks  and  fowls  eat  raw 
potatoes  eagerly  as  soon  as  accustomed  to 
them.  Any  strange  feed  is,  as  a  rule, 
accepted  less  readily  when  first  fed.  It 
raw  potatoes  were  fed  more  frequently 
to  poultry,  we  should  hear  less  about 
“chicken-pox”  in  flocks  that  are  kept 
closely  confined-  Cooked  potatoes  iu  mash 
are  more  apt  to  induce  fattening  than  to 
help  egg  yield.  With  cows,  raw  potatoes 
increase  flow  of  milk  and  tend  to  increase 
vitamins  in  milk.  Cooked  potatoes  have 
less  effect  on  milk  and  are  fattening.  I 
have  not  noted  “scouring”  in  either  poul¬ 
try  or  cows  from  rather  free  feeding  of 
law  potatoes.  I  use  all  my  small  and 
cull  potatoes  for  stock  and  poultry,  and 
consider  them  valuable  food. 
Massachusetts.  prince  t.  woods. 
February  10,  1923 
Introducing 
Beckert's  New 
0  Dahlia -Flowered 
Zinnias — 
1923  Novelties 
^HE  flowers  a  re  of  enormous  size,  ranging 
from  6  to  8  in  dies  in  diameter.  Offered 
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Dahlias  and  Chrysanthemums.  They 
come  into  bloom  rapidly,  and  provide  a 
prolific  supply  of  gorgeous  cut-flowers 
throughout  the  summer. 
The  Six  are: 
Exquisite — light  pink  and  deep  rose. 
Monarch — glowing  red;  enormous  size. 
Flame — blended  scarlet  and  orange. 
Oriole — gold  and  orange  bi-color. 
Sunrise — buff  and  apricot  blended. 
Dream — deep  lavender,  extraordinary 
color. 
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Beekert’s  1923 
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flower  and  vege¬ 
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and  vegetable  cul¬ 
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Martha  Washington  Asparagus  Seed 
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