Food for grains of actual potash; equivalent to fertilizer chemicals 

 .I"^ as follows: 



4° Nitrate of Soda, per square yard 3.5 ounces 



Acid Phosphate, per square yard 1.5 



Muriate Potash, per square yard 1.5 " 



■ Amount of Ra- Except on high-priced land, garden crops 

 tion of Plant should not be grown in orchards, but 



Food for One where this custom is followed the quantity 



J of plant food should be increased to suit 



the needs of the additional crop to be 

 grown. For fruit alone apply between the fall of the leaf 

 and the bursting of the buds, per square yard of surface 

 shaded by the tree, the quantities of plant food shown above 

 to be the actual needs of the crop. If the trees have made 

 a weak growth the previous season, or have heavily fruited, 

 apply between May and July about one ounce of Nitrate 

 of Soda per square yard of surface; this in addition to the 

 previously applied plant food. 



The practical effect of artificial manures for fruit cannot 

 be denied, not only for quantity, but also for the quality of 

 the crop. Stable manures seem to fail of regular bountiful 

 results, probably because the stable manure supplies its 

 ammonia in the Nitrated form very irregularly, and fruit 

 trees can use ammonia plant food only in the Nitrated form. 

 Practical figures showing the profitableness of artificial 

 manures, fertilizers, have been shown by many experiments, 

 particularly by those conducted at Feldbrunnen, near 

 Osterode, Germany. 



The rational fertilization of fruit trees depends somewhat 

 upon their period of growth; young trees need ample sup- 

 plies of Nitrated ammonia and potash to develop and ripen 

 new wood. Later, at the bearing age, phosphoric acid and 

 Nitrated ammonia are required for the formation of fruiting 

 buds. These two phases in the making of an orchard should 

 have due consideration and plant food used accordingly. 



Apples. Cherries. Plums. 



Unfertilized 100 lbs. 100 lbs. 100 lbs. 



Fertilized 3,420 lbs. 218 lbs. 329 lbs. 



Asparagus. 



The soil should be sandy, or a light loam. As the crop 

 remains in position for many years, the land should be 



