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tion, to great advantage. This manure will 

 be greatly improved by having been prepared 

 and well worked over, some months previous- 

 ly to using it. 



Half a peck of bone-dust and a little lime, 

 well mixed with the soil when setting a tree, 

 or from a peck to a bushel of old broken 

 bones, put into the bottom of the hole, before 

 setting, will produce the most satisfactory 

 results for years to come. Almost any well 

 composted manure suitable for corn, will also 

 answer for fruit trees. $ |# 



Where meadow-hay, straw, or sea-weed 

 (or sedge) is cheap, an annual mulching with 

 these will be found extremely beneficial. 



Specific Manures. Much attention has 

 been bestowed upon this subject, within a few 

 years. When the soil and exposure are 

 adapted to the wants of any tree, the very 

 best specific manure or fertilizer for it, is 

 unquestionably the debris (or perfectly decay- 

 ed particles) of a tree of the same species. 



There are, however, far more available 

 fertilizers than these. We are indebted to 

 Downing's Horticulturist chiefly, for what 

 we shall say further upon this subject. 



