1. Boxing
2. Niagara Falls (it "moves backwards" by about 2 and a half feet a year).
3. Asparagus and Rhubarb
4. Strawberry
5. Bottles are placed over the buds and secured to the tree. When the pears are ripe, the stem is cut and the bottle is removed from the tree.
6. Dwarf, Dwell and Dwindle
7. Period Comma Colon Semicolon Dash Hyphen Apostrophe Question mark Brackets Parenthesis Braces and Ellipses.
8. Lettuce
9. Shoes socks sandals sneakers slippers skies skates snowshoes stocking stilts. (hey, these are the ones in the email!)