56 Food for Plants. 



The experiment was with a field of Bubachs. One plot 

 was given 2O0 pounds of Nitrate of Soda to the acre when 

 growth began. Another received no Nitrate. On June 3d 

 all the ripe fruit was picked from equal lengtli of rows 

 of each plot. The photograph shows the result. 



GRAPES. 



Grape vineyards should be located and planted by 

 an expert, and one, too, who has had experience with 

 the locality selected for the site. The treatment of the 

 young plants is a matter of soil and climate, for which 

 there are no general rules. When the vines have reached 

 bearing age, however, their fertilization becomes a very 

 important matter. The new wood must be thoroughly 

 matured to bear next vear's fruit, and an excess of 

 ammoniate late in the season not only defeats this 

 object, but also lessens the number of fruit buds. 



Instructions for Using Nitrate of Soda on Grapes. 



Apply the Nitrate of Soda by broadcasting it evenly 

 over the entire surface of the vineyard you are fertiliz- 

 ing, at the rate of 200' pounds per acre, during the early 

 spring months, preferably just before the vines are in 



Our Formula for Grapes. 



Nitrate alone 200 lbs. ])er acre 



or preferably 



Xitrate ". 300 " " '' 



Acid Phosphate 300 " " " 



When potash salts can be conveniently obtained we 

 advise the use of fifty pounds of sulphate of potash to 

 the acre every other year. 



GREENHOUSE PLANT FOOD. 



For flowering plants in greenhouses, as long as pos- 

 sible before blooming, apply one pound of Nitrate of 

 Soda to 200 square feet of surface. This application is 

 equal to 200 pounds per acre. If used with Acid Phos- 

 ,phate, a larger amount ^dz: One and one-half pounds 

 of Nitrate of Soda with an equal quantity of Acid Phos- 



