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be severel}' headed-in, as explained farther on, although this last 

 resort treats the symptoms rather than the fundamental difficulty. 

 For potash, I should, in general, advise the best grade of muriate 

 of potash, although wood ashes is excellent when the price is not 

 too high for the quality of the material. Muriate of potash con- 

 taining 50 per cent, of actual potash, may be applied at the rate 

 of 200 to 300 pounds to the acre, sown broadcast and harrowed 

 in. It may be applied in the fall or in earliest spring. Phos- 

 phorus may be obtained in bone compounds or dissolved South 



2. — The orchard that shifts for itself, — sod, borers and leaf-blight, but no 



quinces. 



Carolina rock, applied at the rate of 200 to 500 pounds to the acre. 

 It is frequently said that common salt is an indispensable food for the 

 highest production of the quince, but I am unable to find any rea- 

 son for such opinion, and I do not know that any better results 

 follow its application to quinces than to pears and other fruits. 

 Salt is a conservator of moisture, and in this respect it may have 

 especial value for quinces, inasmuch as these trees thrive best 

 upon a rather moist soil. 



