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   MR. EDITo03:-Having heard many inquirie
 about the culture of the cranberry, and wheth
 er they can be grown on dry uplands, I wil
 answer; 1st, that they will not pay on dry up
 land, although they will grow for a time. 2d
 To grow them on very wet marsh land will no
 pay, because they aor too small and far be
 tween. It is only the Cherry variety that live:
 on such land.
   In order to make them grow with profit, thi
 land should be drained or ditched, and the
 surface cleared of all wild grass and roots foi
 about one foot in depth.  Then plant in hilli
 or drills about 18 or 20 inches apart, with vines
 of the bell-shaped variety, and beanng vines.
 There are vines of the male sex that do not
 bear. Make your selection when you can see
 the fruit on them in the fall, or mark the spot
 where you find bearing plants. I got mine in
 a cranberry marsh, near the edge where there
 was considerable soil or sandy loam washed on
 them, and no wild grass. The plants were
 quite strong, and they bore some the first year
 after planting. They should be planted three
 or four inches deep in the muck or soil, and if
 they are one foot or eighteen inches above wa-
 ter, as a general rule, they are at home.
 A good way is to stop up the ditches or out-
 let to the marsh in the fall before freezing
 weather, so as to set them in water over win-
 ter, on account of the meadow mouse, which
 is very troublesome, and has destroyed my
 first patch.
 Some years ago, some Eastern cranberry
 culturists recommended covering the surface
 some three or four inches deep with sea sand.
 I have tried some clear sand on them, but do
 not see any benefit from it On the contrary,
 grass and weeds grow better with sand on it
 than where only planted in muck; and the
 plants will cover the surface sooner on muck
 than when sand is wdded.  Moreover it is a
 great deal less expensive.
 In order to get the plants, or rather cuttings,
 (they grow with roots or without) they should
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possitle, and selected in handfuls of fify or a
hundred in a bunch, and tied up, and kept in
wet moss or water to keep them from drying
up, until yon are ready to plant them. One or
two stems in a hill or place is enough.
  They can be planted with a dibble, or sharp-
pointed stick. Early in May, or as soon as
the leaves are starting, is the best time to plant
them out. After-culture is simplj to keep
them clean for two years. As a general result,
the third year they will cover the ground, and
give weeds and grass no room. They then take
care of themselves.     ORO. P. PEyrunr.
PUWAUKM. Win.           -1

Apple Orchards-Plating new Trees between
                 the Rows.
  MR. Em1Ioi -Permit me to trespass on
your time and patience for a little advice. I
ask your opinion because I have followed you
through the pages of the FAuRxuR, and know
that you are interested in fruit-raising, and
that you have traveled much through the State,
and believe you have been as much interested
in observing the growth of fruit trees as in
eating the fruit.
I have an orchard planted to trees in squares
if thirty feet apart. I wish to plant more trees,
but I have no more land that I wish to occupy
is an orchard. I came from Vermont, where
apple trees grow very large; but I have been
old that trees bear earlier here and are more
dwarfish in their habits. Now, will it be pro-
itable or advisable to plant as many more trees
in the ground, so that they shall stand in
quares fifteen feet apart? I have been told to
Lo so, but I wish to appeal to your large ob-
ervation and good judgment in the matter.
                        JonN L. SxTONN.
RUBOEL, 1heb. Co.. WIS.
AsSWxu.-Fifteen feet apart would be rather
lose for apple trees. If in your stead, would
lant one tree in the centre of each square of
fur trees. This would give you half as many
more trees than you now have, and leave no
wo nearer than 20 feet apart. The rows will
e diagonal in their direction across the field,
r, in other words, they will stand in what is
fnown as the guincunx arrangement.-EDITOR.



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