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BETTER FRUIT 



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Novel Method of Fertilizing 



By M. C Potter, Iowa. 



About three years ngo I set out some 

 fruit trees for Mr. Ernst, one of our 

 neigliboring farmers. The holes for 

 these trees were blasted when the 

 ground was dry. They were blasted in 

 the fall and left open throughout the 

 winter, the trees being planted the fol- 

 lowing spring. 



About four and one-half feet from 

 where the trunk of each tree would be 

 when set, I put down four bore holes 

 about four and one-half feet deep, 

 spaced about equally distant apart so as 

 to have one hole on each of the four 

 sides of the tree. The dirt was cleaned 

 out of these holes, which were then 

 filled with rotten wood, leaves and 

 manure. A great many corncobs were 

 mixed in the compost, because the ob- 

 ject was to keep the soil open and im- 

 prove the drainage as well as fertilize 

 the feeding beds of the trees. 



This compost settles in the holes, 

 which we believe in filling with new 

 material so as to keep them constantly 

 full to the surface. 



If trees were set on the side of a hill, 

 the method of fertilizing above de- 

 scribed doesn't fully answer the pur- 

 pose. For side-hill trees we use two 

 compost holes, put down about four 

 feet out from the trunk of the tree, both 

 holes being above the tree— that is, on 

 higher ground. 



We find it a big advantage to place 

 our fertilizer in holes in the manner I 

 have described because it doesn't wash 

 away, as is the case when it is spread 

 upon the surface of the ground. 



Grow a Winter Cover Crop 



An important feature of orchard man- 

 agement that should engage the atten- 

 tion of fruit growers at this season is 

 the planting of cover crops. It has 

 been demonstrated beyond question 

 that the most needed thing in the soils 

 of Arizona is humus, and particularly 

 is this true with reference to our or- 

 chard lands which in most cases are 

 light and sandy. The presence of 

 humus makes a soil better aerated and 

 enables it to retain a greater amount of 

 moisture— an item of no little conse- 

 quence to the fruit grower as well as 

 the general farmer. 



While anything will produce humus 

 "from a broom straw to a fence rail" if 

 turned into the soil, the cheapest and 

 most satisfactory method of supplying 

 this material is through the growing 

 of cover crops. Furthermore, if legu- 

 minous covers are used, an added value 

 is secured in that nitrogen, the element 

 of plant food most lacking in our soils 

 and most needed in the development of 

 tree growth and size of fruit, is sup- 

 plied. Among the leguminous cover 

 crops that might be planted during 

 October are Crimson clover, Hur clover, 

 Sour clover (melliotus Indica), Vetch 

 and Canadian field peas. Non-legumes 

 are rye, barley and oats. Do not de- 

 prive your orchard of the benefits to be 

 derived from the growing of one of 

 these crops. Plant it now. — F. J. 

 Crider, Horticulliirist, United Stales 

 Agricultural Experiment Station. 



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