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amount will be not at all excessive during the sec- 

 ond and subsequent summers. 



When the peach tree comes into bearing it re- 

 quires theoretically a little less phosphoric acid and 

 a little more potash than does the apple, although 

 where vigorous growth and sound wood are desired 

 it is wise to use phosphoric acid liberally. Mr. 

 George D. Leavens recommends from 500 to 800 



FIG. 23 AN EXAMPLE OF GOOD TILLAGE 



pounds to the acre each year of basic slag meal, and 

 200 to 400 pounds of high-grade sulphate of potash. 

 If sufficient growth of new wood is not being made 

 TOO pounds of nitrate of soda to the acre will gen- 

 erally prove sufficient. It is assumed that the grow- 

 ing of cover crops and plowing under, together with 

 tillage until midsummer, will be followed as a mat- 

 ter of course. 



In case the peach trees for any reason are badly 

 impoverished from over-bearing due to neglect to 



