The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-09

and what you wish to accomplish whether trees are through bearing, bearing now or some late variety that will ripen later. A formula. safe for general spraying campaign, may be made as follows: Dissolve four ounces copperas in eight gallons of water and stir In half pound dry lime sulphur concentrate. Spray thoroughly all parts of tree, repeat in 10 days and afterwards at month .p- terVals if trouble does not disappear. It Is of great advantage to work round about trees every year and apply fertilizer round about the tree, but no considerable amount near the trunk or the tree. Deep cultivation Is not needed.
 Q. How do you get nicotine out of tobacco or tobacco stems? c. P, Route D.
 A. If tobacco Is finely ground and merely soaked in cold water for two or three days, stirring occasionally, from 60 to so per cent Of the nicotine Is extracted. Heating would evap- crate most of the nicotine and should not be applied. The commercial nic- otine sulphate is made by bleaching or treating tobacco with a caustic slkali, distilling heNproduct by some process to conserve the volatile nico- tine, and finally neutrallzing with sulphuric acid. Merely soaking the tobacco in water Is the only practice possible unless one has chemical equipment.
 Q. l frequently read in magazines and trade papers to dust plants with common sulphur but I find that many tender plants are more or less in- jured by the sulphur. How could this be overcome? L. R., Mobile.
 A. Some plants are so sensitive to the slightest acid reaction that it becomes necessary to mix sulphur with some powder of an alkaline re- action to reduce acidity. Equal parts of sulphur and finely sifted alr slaked lime meets tho objection. Plain talcum powder or precipitated chalk is In some cases better than lime, particularly on very tender plants. Powder should always be fin. and good plan is to sift through fine sieve.
 c. My Japanese persimmions lre bearing for the first time. Should they have any special attention to in- sure crop? S. s.. Route 8.
 A. Keep down weeds and grasses round about. cultivation and fer.il- ization would certainly help.
 .. If you were planting turnips for market to sell in wholesale way what sort would you plant? l.. C.. North Birmingham.
 A. Purple top white globe would be my choice. but there are several different types of this variety, some Of which are sorry. A pure strain early in maturity, and one that doe. not make too much top. Is the sor, to plant.
 O. I can always grow fine tops ot carrots. parsnips and salsify but nc roots. What Is my trouble? Mrs. s. U A. The answer Is simple. You leave the plants too thick. If yor thin out promptly to three or four inches apart and cultivate frequently nature will do her work of form. ing bulbs.
 e 1 killed out a bed of the coarse goose grass with oxalic acid. a formula from a garden magazine, but the soil now seems dead to any growth. What can apply to give it life? w. B.
 A. Common slaked or hydrated lime will neutralize the oxalic. Scat. ter on the ground surface. Q. l have noticed for several years a fall or winter apple, growing in the northeastern part of Jefferson coun. ty, that Is a red color dotted with small white spots The trees are al ways loaded. What variety Is thisi B. M. East Lake.
 A. The variety is Yates, some times called Red Warrior It is n