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HORTICULTURE 



Marcli 21, 1914 



The Orchard and Vineyard 

 Must Be Fed as 

 as Sprayed 



Money in fruit= 

 raising comes 



from the 



production of 



steady crops of 



first grades 



Do not expect eitlier orcliard or \ineyarcl to jiroduce its best if you 

 depend entirely on the natural sources of plant food in the soil. 

 Especially must you keep up the supply of 



POTASH 



for on it depend in greatest measure tlie 

 quantity, size, color, flavor and shipping- 

 quality that give fruit its market value. In 

 fruit-raising, as in all farming, it is easily 

 demonstrated that Potash Pays. 



Peaches and small fruits that have received 

 the right amounts of potash and phosphoric 

 acid ship better, taste better and are better. 

 At the time of the first cultivation, broadcast 

 300 pounds acid phosphate and 100 pounds 

 muriate of potash per acre in the apple and 

 pear orchard (150 pounds muriate in the 



On citrus Iruits or pineapples use sulfate 

 of potash or 200 ])ounds double manure salt. 



Some of the finest flavored strawberries 

 and peaches are poor shippers, especially 

 when barnyarel manure is used as a fertilizer. 

 Correct mineral fertilization will often make 

 them firm enough to ship. 



The nitrogrn needs of the fruit can be 

 learned by observing the amount of wood or 

 vine growth. Manure alone is not the best 

 or cheapest Iruit fertilizer. 



We sell potash in anv quantity from one 

 200-pound bag up. 



peach orchard) 



If 'rile for Prices and Free Pamphlets on Ferlilizini Fruit 



GERMAN KALI WORKS, Inc., 42 Broadway, New York 



