200 



POMOLOGY 



Table LXII 



AMOUNT OF FERTILIZER TO THE ACRE FOR BEARING TREES 

 (after STEWART) 



172. New Hampshire experiments. — In order to de- 

 termine to what extent the results from grass-mulch or- 

 chards could be duplicated under the conditions existing 



Fig. 29. — Row of trees to l(^ft were fertilized with 5 pounds nitrate 

 of soda each. Those to right were untreated. 



in New Hampshire, a test was arranged in a mature Bald- 

 win orchard which was producing low yields. It had not 

 been cultivated for several years, the grass being cut for hay 

 and removed annually. The results secured by the treat- 

 ments were quite similar to those obtained from the exper- 

 iments just reviewed and demonstrate that the grass-mulch 



