The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-07-01
INFORMATION FOR THE BUSY.
Some Questions Asked and IntelIigentiy
Answered.

Some Questions Asked and Jnteliigentiy
Answered.
/. Is it profitable to raise cherries? !?
A man near Geneva, N. r., sold
81 400 worth of cherries from an or
chard of seven acres. They went to q
canning factory and were mostly Of
the Montmorency variety, a sour cher
ry. He is, however, professional
fruit grower, having been in the busi-
ness twenty years. The ground should
be we'll cultivated and fertilized, and
the owner should not attempt to grow
two crops-cherries and something else
--on the same ground the same year
Prof Beach at a N. r. State institute.
2. Will it do to train grape vines after
the buds begin to swell and the sap to
flow?
1t is better to finish pruning before
the buds swell, but If in the CRUSH OF
spring work, some part of the vine
yard is not pruned till the last week in
April, the difference will not be so
great as many suppose. An experience
of twenty-five years, has convinced us
that the damage by bleeding" has
been greatly exaggerated. The sap
soon coagulates, and the bleeding is
stopped. 1t is the care after May l.,
which tells ma vineyard.
8. Wherein consists the value of un-
leaehed wood ashes as fertilizer?
Unleaehed wood ashes are valuable
first because of their per cent. of pot
ash, and second because they furnish
an appreciable supply Of lime. Ashes
well burned and free from refuse made
from hard wood, are good value at
about eight dollars per ton.
a. Which of the varieties of red
raspeberries are best for market, and
why?
To sell in the market for table use,
the bright red varieties, Marlboro,
Cuthbert. etc, are decidedly best The
dark color of the dark red and purple
berries gives a bad impression and
makes a difference of certainly two
cent sper quart in price. In shipping
where the berries must stand "a to As
hours, the bright red are the only va
rieties we advise planting.
S. What will kill leaf lice?
Lice injure the leaves by sucking out
the juices Paris green is of no use
holes in their bodies, the kerosene
emulsion, by stopping up these air.
breathing holes, destroys them.
6. When would you jar the plum
trees to destroy the curculio?
Begin jarring promptly when the
blossoms fall, and do the work, begin
ming half-hour before sunrise. The
reason for doing it so early, is, that
the curculio Ia little bug) is then DOR
mant. Later in the day they can fly.
7. What is the cause of the black
knot of plum trees? Is it due to tEa
small white worm sometimes found
when the knot is opened?
The black-knot is caused by a fun
gus; the small white worms are rather
a consequence. than in any way cause
of the disease.
8. VIII it be safe to pastur estock in
an apple orchard which had just been
sprayed with paris green?
Arsenic is a poison, and if taken in
sufficiently large quantities will de-
stroy all animal life, at the same time.
if the work of spraying has been right
ly odne. mist, and not stream
thrown upon the trees 1t would be
probably entirely safe to turn in stock.
To avoid possible accident, however.
we advise keeping the stock out till at
ter good heavy shower.
8. What is good package in which
to market raspberries, gooseberries
and currants?
Market black raspberries in new
quart gift Baskets; red raspberries in
pints and quarts; gooseberries and cur
rants are mostly sold in the nine pound
grape baskets, which holds. carefully
filled. six ane one-half quarts each