PEACH AND THE PEAR. I49 



RULES FOR FERTILIZING THE PEACH TREE. 

 Rule I. Should new shoots, at the end of the grow- 

 ing season, show a length of twelve inches in the longest 

 shoots, of eight inches in the medium length shoots, and 

 of four inches in the shortest shoots, giving a general 

 average of eight inches for the new wood of the season, 

 that tree will need no fertilizer to mature the next crop 

 of fruit, if right in all other ways. 



Rule II. Should the new shoots, at the end of the 

 growing season, show a length of ten inches in the 

 longest shoots, of five inches in the medium-length 

 shoots, and of three inches in the short shoots, giving a 

 general average of six inches for the new wood of the 

 season, that tree needs potash, and with it the chlorine 

 it gets from the kainit or muriate, especially if the leaves 

 are not green and healthy. 



Rule III. Should the new shoots, at the end of 

 the growing season, show a length of eight inches in 

 the longest shoots, of four inches in the medium-length 

 shoots, and of three inches in the short shoots, giving a 

 general average of five inches for the new wood of the 

 season, that tree needs potash, phosphoric acid and 

 ammonia, to mature a crop of fruit for the next season. 



Rule IV. Should the new shoots, at the end of 

 the growing season, show a length of four inches in the 

 longest shoots, of three inches in the medium-length 



