aggregation of innumerable seeds gathered into a cluster or pulp 

 which is composed chiefly of water and sugar. Nevertheless, a 

 good deal of nourishment is required to produce the root and leaf 

 growth and small seeds essential to fruiting. When the strawberry 

 bed is prepared, apply broadcast from 500 to 1,000 lbs. per acre; 

 then in the spring, between the rows, apply broadcast 500 to 

 1,000 lbs. more, taking care to keep it off the vines. This appli- 

 ation should be cultivated or hoed in if possible. 



For grapes and currants, apply (if no manure is used) from 

 1,000 to 1,500 lbs. per acre between the rows, cultivated into 

 the soil. For raspberries and blackberries, apply from 600 to 

 800 lbs. per acre, cultivated deeply into the soil. 



Grapes, 



Currants, 



etc. 



Tobacco 



Tobacco is probably the most exhaustive crop that is grown. 

 It is a ravenous feeder. It will thrive on anything that furnishes 

 plant food. Stable manure, animal tankage, or fish scrap will 

 produce a large, coarse leaf growth, but it has been found that 

 chemically prepared fertilizers, especially if adapted to the crop, 

 will produce not only a good yield, but a leaf of finer texture 

 and color. It is a crop reqmring special fertilizers and special 

 methods of cultivation. 



If no manure or ashes are applied, we recommend from 

 1,500 to 2,500 lbs. of fertilizer per acre, one-half applied at the 

 time when the plants are set out, and the remainder between 

 the rows at hoeing time, taking care that none of the fertilizer 

 gets upon the leaves. If not convenient to do this, then apply 

 all of the fertilizer just before the plants are set out, working 

 it into the soil with a wheel harrow. If part stable manure is 

 applied, then use the fertihzer along the drills where the plants 

 are set out, to force the growth of the plants, applying from 

 500 to 1,000 lbs. per acre, depending on the amount of manure 

 and the strength of the fertilizer used. Even if manure is used, 

 some fertilizer is essential to hasten maturity. 



The Form 

 of Plant 

 Food is 

 Important 



Fruit Trees and Shade Trees 



A fertilizer for orchards, as is now well known, should be rich 

 in nitrogen as well as in potash and phosphoric acid, for the skin 



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