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named but our members prefer
spring planting as are the market
gardeners.

4 Has any one besides Ellen Farquhar
been troubled with swarms of white
insects among the grapes? No one else
had seen then, but wasps and
honey bees had ruined the grapes
at some places.

5 Is it too late to cultivate Raspberries
It is better not to work in the fall
unless a very shallow working.

6 What do now with an asparagus
bed planted in the spring? When
the tops die cut them off and
put on six or eight inches of
manure and work every
time you work the rest of the
garden.

7 Will it be safe to spade a rose
bed this fall? Work shallow if
at all in the fall and mulch.
Isabel Miller and Cornelia Bentley
mulched their roses several times
this summer with excellent results