ANALYSIS OF TUE ASHES OF THE PEAK. 



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great excellence, by application of the phosphates. 

 The fruits were pronounced by Louis Beeck^ians, Col. 

 Wilder, and others, the finest of their kind ever grown 

 in this country. 



A study of the following analysis will show the 

 necessity of using potash in addition to the elements 

 found in the superpliosphate and guano, which may 

 be supplied to the soil in the form of crude potash, 

 green sand marl, or woodashes. Il^either ashes nor 

 potasli should be mixed directly with guano or stable 

 manures, or so placed in the soil as to come imme- 

 diately in contact with each other. 



ANALYSIS OF THE ASHES OF THE PEAR. 



One hundred pounds of fruit yield nearly half a pound of ashes, the 

 wood and bark much more. 



PKEPAKATION OF STOCKS FOR PLANTING. 



The small cost of stocks has induced a careless 

 method of planting, and a more inexcusable neglect 

 in preparing them for it. Quince stocks are usually 

 taken from the mother plant or stool by a quick jerk, 

 which leaves a large ragged end ; as it strips off the 

 bark and wood from the stool, for a space at least 

 twice the diameter of the stock. At the season when 



