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THE AMERICAN PEACH ORCHARD 



peach trees, and one of the most wasteful that 

 a farmer could use, is also very depressmg. Not 

 one grower mentioned basic slag, which is known 

 to be one of the best peach tree fertilizers, and only 



six men mentioned 

 nitrate of soda, 

 which is also one of 

 the best things a 

 fruit grower can 

 have on hand and 

 one which every 

 fruit grower ought 

 to use from time to 

 time. The number 

 of times which ashes 

 are used also indi- 

 cates a poor state of 

 practice in this mat- 

 ter. 



SPECIFIC FORMULAS 



If we take up 

 now the problem as 

 to just how much of 

 which kinds of fer- 

 tilizer^ are to be 

 applied annually to 

 a peach orchard, we 

 will find various re- 

 comm endations 

 given by different 

 men. The discrepancies, however, are not very serious, 

 and are to be explained very largely by differences in 

 soil and climatic conditions under which these recom- 

 mendations have been given. Prof. M. A. Blake, of the 



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