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SUCCESSFUL FRUIT CULTURE 



turf is seen in Figure 49. The grass is cut with a mow- 

 ing machine as often as the cutter bar will work under 

 it — about three times each season — and allowed to lie 

 on the ground to decay, thus nothing but a crop of 

 fruit is carried from the land and the growth of trees 



Fig. 46— Peach Tree Not Headed In 



is kept up by the application of bone, potash, phos- 

 phoric acid, lime and magnesia, using an amount aver- 

 aging from twenty to fifty dollars' worth per acre, 

 according to the season and the crop. By this method 



