CHAPTEE XL 



MANURING AND MULCHING. 



THERE is probably no part of the care of fruit 

 trees less understood, than that of furnishing the 

 proper kind of food, and in the right condition to 

 be appropriated. 



Young pear trees are often killed by over kind- 

 ness, in placing large quantities of unfermented 

 manures in the holes before planting, and around 

 the bodies of the trees afterwards. It should be 

 distinctly understood, that both of these practices 

 are likely to prove injurious to the welfare and 

 heal thfuln ess of the trees. It is now admitted that 

 unfermented manure of any kind should not be 

 placed near the roots of a young tree. 



The following analysis, by Dr. Emmons, of the 

 wood of the pear tree, shows that potash, lime, and 

 phosphate of lime, are the three leading constituents: 



SAPWOOD. BARK. 



Potash, 22.25 6.20 



Soda, 1.84 



Chlorine, 0.31 1.70 



