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broadcast 150 pounds of Nitrate of Soda to the acre. 

 In setting out a new bed, broadcast the fertilizer 

 along the rows and cultivate in, before the plants are 

 set out. 



On old beds, sow 200 pounds of acid phosphate 

 broadcast in the fall and 150 pounds of Nitrate per 

 acre in the spring. 



Our Formula for Strawberries. 



Nitrate alone 150 lbs. per acre 



or preferably 



Nitrate 200 lbs. per acre 



Acid Phosphate 200 lbs. per acre 



When potash salts can be conveniently obtained 

 we advise the use of fifty pounds of sulphate of potash 

 to the acre every other year. 



The experiment was with a field of Bubachs. One 

 plot was given 200 pounds of Nitrate of Soda to the 

 acre when growth began. Another received no Ni- 

 trate. On June 3d all the ripe fruit was picked from 

 equal length of rows of each plot. The photograph 

 shows the result. 



Grapes. 



Grape vineyards should be located and planted by 

 an expert, and one, too, who has had experience with 

 the locality selected for the site. The treatment of 

 the young plants is a matter of soil and climate, for 

 which there are no general rules. When the vines 

 have reached bearing age, however, their fertilization 

 becomes a very important matter. The new wood 

 must be thoroughly matured to bear next year's fruit, 

 and an excess of ammoniate late in the season not 



