PRACTICAL GARDENING 



small gardens, add about a cupful of wood 

 ashes and a cupful of bone meal to each tree, 

 mixing both with the manure, which covers the 

 surface of the soil as a mulch. 



The second year after planting, add to each 

 tree one pound dried blood, one pound bone 

 meal, and one-half pound nitrate of soda. 

 Scatter this fertilizer in a radius of two feet 

 during the month of April. Increase this a 

 little each year. If a liberal supply of decayed 

 horse or cow manure is worked into the soil 

 each spring the commercial fertilizer is not 

 necessary. 



Select trees with the main branches near the 

 base of the tree two feet from the surface of 

 the ground, and in this way a low head is 

 formed. The fruit is picked more easily, 

 spraying and pruning are done with less effort 

 and with greater efficiency. Never allow limbs 

 to cross and rub. In cutting off a larger limb 

 cut it at the collar with a sharp saw having 

 small teeth. Paint all wounds over one inch 

 in diameter with white lead. The best time to 



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