March, ip2i 



BETTER FRUIT 



Page p 



Take Care of Nursery Trees 



Large numbers of nursery trees, espe- 

 cially fruit trees, either fail to grow or 

 are badly set back by carelessness and 

 delay in planting. Such trees may have 

 been well grown and vigorous in the 

 nursery, and may have been well pro- 

 tected in winter, packed carefully, and 

 shipped promptly, but are so poorly 

 handled before planting that they are 

 seriously damaged. In many cases the 

 blame that is laid on the nurseryman is 

 really the fault of the buyer and planter. 

 The Bureau of Plant Industry, Pennsyl- 

 vania Department of Agriculture, gives 

 the following points regarding the 

 treatment of nursery trees so as to ob- 

 tain the best results. 



(1) As soon as received examine the 

 roots to see if they are still moist. If 

 not moisten them immediately and keep 

 them so until they go into the ground. 

 Never allow the roots to dry out even 

 for a few minutes. 



(2) If the trees cannot be planted 

 immediately heel them in by digging a 

 shallow trench and covering the roots 

 and lower stems with moist earth. 



(3) Just before planting prune both 

 roots and tops. Take away most of the 

 fibrous roots which are likely to be 

 dead and useless. Cut such small root- 

 lets near the larger roots with a clean 

 cut. Always trim the roots with a 

 slanting cut on the under surface to 

 hasten rootlet growth. 



Prune the top to a single whip and 

 shorten it so that the top will make a 

 trunk of the desired height. After 

 growth is well started pinch or rub off 

 all but the three or four shoots that 

 will be needed to form the main 

 branches of the tree. 



(4) The soil should be loamy and 

 loose so as to allow the new rootlets to 

 reach said food very quickly after they 

 are formed. 



(5) Plant a few inches deeper than 

 the tree stood in the nursery. The hole 

 should be large enough to contain the 

 roots in their natural position without 

 bending or crushing. 



(6) Do not merely fill in the hole 

 after the plant is set and tramp the 

 earth about the surface. First add some 

 top soil and pack it firmly, then add 

 more and tramp this in, and so continue 

 till the hole is filled. This careful pack- 

 ing is needed not only to bring the roots 

 in close contact with the soil and thus 

 give the reduced root system every op- 

 portunity to absorb water, but it also 

 helps to hold the plant firmly in a cor- 

 rect position till the new root system 

 can obtain a secure hold. 



(7) If by any chance the trees arrive 

 in a badly dried out condition bury 

 them in damp but not wet earth and 

 leave them in the ground for four to 

 seven days. This will bring them back 

 into condition and may save a heavy 

 loss to the buyer. 



Never has the demand for berries for 

 market been better than at the present 

 time. While there has been some diffi- 

 culty in marketing other fruits berries 

 have more than held their own with the 

 result that there has been a greatly in- 

 creased planting. 



Top-Dressing Talk No. 4 



From Bag to 

 Fertilizer Distributor 



Think what it means to have a top-dressing fertilizer which 

 is ready for use without pounding of hard lumps and without 

 laborious screening — one that is fine and dry and which gives 

 every plant a uniform feeding. 



Then think of having a fertilizer which contains one-third 

 more ammonia (one-third more active plant food) than any 

 other nitrogenous top-dressing. 



Also, think of a fertilizer which doesn't wash out of the 

 soil— one which is ever ready to feed but which will last the 

 season through. 



To all these advantages add low price per pound of actual 

 plant food and you have in mind The Great American Am moniate 



ARCADIAN 



Sulphate of Ammonia 



the efficient top-dressing fertilizer for Orchards, Vegetables and 

 general farm crops — all crops needing ammonia. 



Sulphate of Ammonia is the well-known standard article that 

 has done you good service in your mixed fertilizers for years past. 



Arcadian is the kiln-dried and screened grade, made fine 

 and dry for top-dressing purposes. Ammonia lS\i°/' guaranteed. 

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Write Desk No. 9 for free bulletins on the proper use of 

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