30 THE NEW HORTICULTURE. 



cauliflower in fall, it is admissible, if those greedy crops show 

 the need of it, but it is almost certain ruin to a strawberry 

 crop in this section. It invariably induces the roots to come 

 to the surface, and any extreme of either wet or dry will 

 bring out what is commonly known as ''rust." Of course, 

 these remarks apply to annual crops only, and not to orchards, 

 which should be fertilized on the surface about the time 

 growth starts in spring, and not in the fall. 



