Food for 

 Plants 



to each tree will give the largest possible yield 

 of choicest fruit, returning many times its cost. 



Fertilizers for the 

 Apple: The results 

 show the most 

 improvement where 

 Nitrate of Soda was 

 applied. For apple 

 trees in grass the 

 following fertilizer 

 is recommended : Ni- 

 trate of Soda i to 

 5 pounds, sulphate 

 to 5 pounds, S. C. phos- 

 4 to 10 pounds; the quan- 

 varied according to the 



of potash i 

 phate rock, 

 tity used to 



be 



Peaches. 



Nitrate of Soda 

 on Apples. 



size of the tree. 



Fertilizers for the Peach : The fertili- 

 zer recommended, depending upon the size 

 of the trees, is substantially the same as for apples, except 

 that the phosphate rock is reduced one-half for the earlier 

 stages of growth, remaining the same as for apples in the 

 later stages. Nitrate of Soda should not be applied until just 

 as the trees are beginning to grow. 



Fertilizers for other fruits: For all 

 perennial fruits, as well as shrubs and 

 plants, the fertilizer used should be largely 

 available in the early part of the season, as 



winter injuries. Nitrate of Soda is the most 



of ammoniate. 

 300 Ibs. Nitrate. 

 500 Ibs. Acid Phosphate. 

 200 Ibs. Sulphate of Potash. 



Nitrate of Soda 

 for Fruits 

 Generally. 



a preventive to 

 desirable form 



General Fruit 

 Formula per 

 Acre. 



Stable Manure and Artificial Fertilizer 

 Upon Fruit Trees. 



In this country the manuring or fertilizing of fruit 

 plantations is very commonly neglected, but in Europe fruit 

 trees are as regularly treated with plant food as staple crops. 



