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be done with it? Dig up the lilies and
plant in a new bed

2 How many bunches of grapes leave
on a vine? 2 on a stem. taking off the
poorest

3 What the best strawberry for flavor
size and earliness? Sharpless & Downing

4 Is it too late too set out a strawberry bed?
No. Mrs. Janney will have berries from her
beds planted in July and Aug. E H Iddings
is using berries from plants set
out in October.

5 How obtain large asparagus? plant
deeply, manure every fall, keep clean

6 What kind is best? Canover's colassal

7 What do with a bed planted three years
ago and not yet fit to use? Suggested
it may have a clay bottom in
which case plant in a new place
Joe Shoemaker gave his treatment
of a rose bed which was found to be on
clay; He had it dug out 13 feet - 10 feet
of stones put in, covered with three feet
of good earth, It proved successful
A member would like to know the
cost of treating his asparagus bed so
It is 650 ft long by 6 ft wide.

8 What is the quickest growing tree
for shade? The maple - came first
with several members, the pawlownia
native poplar - horse chestnut Caroline
poplar, and Sycamore - the last