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system of the raspberry has been illustrated 

 in Fig-. 4, and with two rows of raspberries 

 between trees, even eighteen feet apart, it 

 will be found that by the third year the roots 

 of the trees and the berries are fighting- in 

 the same soil for moisture and food. No- 

 thing but the highest manuring and cultiva- 

 tion under such circumstances can put the 



Maxl'res. — The manuring of the earlier 

 years of a peach orchard should be similar 

 to that of the apple orchard. When the 

 fruiting time comes the tree takes up large 

 quantities of potash, and a dressing of 

 seventy to eighty bushels per acre of un- 

 leached ashes will be profitably applied. If 

 ashes are not conveniently obtained, muri- 



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trees in first-class condition. Towards the 

 end of July the ground ma}-»be plowed to 

 the trees and a clover crop, preferably mam- 

 moth clover or crimson clover, sown. The 

 writer has had excellent resuks with the 

 latter, even a severe winter like that of '98- 

 '99 leaving enough of the clover to plow 

 down in May and add much humus and di- 

 rect plant food to the soil. 



ate ot potash will be the best form to apply 

 the potash in. The commercial muriate 

 usually contains about 50% of actual potash, 

 and a dressing^ of some 400 pounds to the 

 acre would be a fair equivalent to the amount 

 of ashes suggested. If the muriate is used 

 a dressing of phosphoric acid in the shape 

 of bone meal or phosphate should also be 

 applied. The grower must decide these 



