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always ^ be -<l-one ^before -fire" fruit can be developed. Nur- 

 sery trees are very hard on the soil, and for this reason 

 nurserymen know that it is necessary to fertilize their 

 lands very thoroughly, as by that means only can they 

 produce good, strong and vigorous trees. If trees con- 



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A wash through deep soil. Such a soil is ideal for fruit, 

 as it allows the roots to penetrate to a great depth. 



tinued to grow as thriftily in the orchard as they do in the 

 nursery, there would be a thousandfold greater returns 

 from the orchard than there are today. A very large pro- 

 portion of the trees that are planted in the orchard today 

 are lost by starvation before they reach bearing age. A 



