Question: My large plant of pyracantha has fire blight. My plant is flaring up, one branch at a time. Nothing I have tried stops it. I cut off the affected branch, but the disease recurs. The leaves turn an odd red-brown and dry up on the plant. I have seen the same thing on azaleas […]

[ad#promo-content-atf-200-left] Question: I have been offered some of the shoots that came up around a cherry-plum tree. Will these shoots produce the cherry-plum fruit, or will they produce something less desirable? Mrs. E.O., Minnesota. Answer: The cherry-plum, Prunus cerasifera, is not a grafted variety. Since it grows on its own roots, sprouts that come up […]

[ad#promo-content-atf-200-left] Question: I would like to have information on the storing and culture of tuberoses. Mine make a healthy growth, but only about one out of 25 blooms. Mrs. P.R.S., Indiana. Answer: The tuberose in most respects is of the easiest culture with practically no enemies or diseases. It is a tropical from Mexico and […]