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H/10/1895 -3-

Questions
1^st What is the best way to get a good
set of grass on front yard? which
was harrowed and seed sown in
spring but it did not "take". Top -
dress and sow more seed: ashes
bone dust and lime are good for
top - dressing

2 What the two best apples for winter?
Wine sap, Ben Davis

3 Have any tried burying apples? yes
but there is generally an cretry taste.
C. F. Brooke puts in barrels with paper
between, Newspapers, Mr Downey's
father digs a pit, puts straw in first
then apples, then straw and cover
with a foot of earth, Rye straw.

4 Has any one succeeded with Japanese
persimmons: Yes. the fruit is
very large, not good as ours and
the trees died soon.

5 How shelve a bay window? Use
iron brackets and shelves which can
be moved.

6 How soon pick apples? now
Celery planted like carrots and
hilled with a barshear plow it is