APPLE GROWING 



they are not allowed to go to seed so as to 

 scatter the seed about the farm, they often 

 make the best of cover crops. This necessitates 

 a mowing In September. Weeds are plants out 

 of place, and when these plants are In place 

 they are not necessarily weeds, as they have 

 then become serviceable. 



Legumes. — In general, legumes are more 

 valuable as cover and green manure crops than 

 non-leguminous plants, because as a rule they 

 are more rank growers and more deeply rooted, 

 as well as because they add nitrogen to the 

 soil. But It Is rather more difficult to secure 

 a good stand of most legumes than it Is of the 

 crops previously mentioned for several reasons. 

 As a rule the seeds are smaller and a large seed 

 usually has greater germinating power than a 

 small one. This often means much at the time 

 of the year when the cover crop Is sown. Then 

 legumes are more difficult to grow, requiring 

 better soil conditions. Still these should be 

 present In good orchard soils. Drainage must 

 be good, the soil must be at least average In 

 fertility and physical condition, it must be sour 

 — hence It Is often necessary to use lime — and 

 soils frequently require Inoculation before they 

 will grow legumes satisfactorily. 



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