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Questions
1 How is the grape crop this fall? General
failure among our members, only one
having a fair crop

2 Is it best to water a large tree planted
in the spring or only mulch? Water with
several barrels of water, then mulch.

3 How often should bulbs be lifted and
divided? Once in three or four years
One member had them in the same
place for thirty years

4 Will it do to trim raspberries now?
leave it until Spring.

5 Is it best to stop mowing lawns in
dry weather in September? Yes

6 Is it best to mulch bulbs in the fall?
Some kind s do not need it, but Lilies
and tender kinds are better for some
protection after the ground freezes

7 How treat a juniper tree, 2 years old
8 inches high, to make at grow?
Try a dressing of wood ashes

8 When move a white pine 6 feet high?
April, May or June

9 What do with a cucumber vine that looks
drawn up as if with cramp? Try insect powder

A guest informed us gladiolus
bulbs will live in the ground from year
to year if planted deeply. 8 or 10 inches

A new way of putting up corn for
the table was given. Cut the corn from the
cob, raw, put in a pan, on a cloth and

236 H/9/1889 -2-
Questions
1 How is the grape crop this fall? General
failure among our members, only one
having a fair crop

2 Is it best to water a large tree planted
in the spring or only mulch? Water with
several barrels of water, then mulch.

3 How often should bulbs be lifted and
divided? Once in three or four years
One member had them in the same
place for thirty years

4 Will it do to trim raspberries now?
leave it until Spring.

5 Is it best to stop mowing lawns in
dry weather in September? Yes

6 Is it best to mulch bulbs in the fall?
Some kind s do not need it, but Lilies
and tender kinds are better for some
protection after the ground freezes

7 How treat a juniper tree, 2 years old
8 inches high, to make at grow?
Try a dressing of wood ashes

8 When move a white pine 6 feet high?
April, May or June

9 What do with a cucumber vine that looks
drawn up as if with cramp? Try insect powder

A guest informed us gladiolus
bulbs will live in the ground from year
to year if planted deeply. 8 or 10 inches

A new way of putting up corn for
the table was given. Cut the corn from the
cob, raw, put in a pan, on a cloth and