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CROPPING THE ORCHARD. The open space about the tree— 
The kind of crops for an orchard—Nursery stock in fruit 
plantations— Sod in the orchard—F allowing the orchard 170-174 
CHAPTER IV. 
THE FERTILIZING OF FRuIT LANDS , F ‘ 175-223 
Plants will grow without fertilizers—Profit may lie in 
using additional plant-food, however—Humus-— Formation 
of soils—Weeds, 
THE LESSON OF NURSERY LANDS. Injuries to such lands— 
Source of fertility in soils—Man’s treatment of the land— 
The features of the nursery lands—The conclusions respect- 
ing the depletion of nursery lands : 178-183 
Cover crops. What they are—Objects of their use—Ex- 
periments with covers at Cornell.— Zhe kinds of cover crops 
—A local question—Rye—Corn, buckwheat and cereals— Peas 
and beans—Cow pea—Vetch—Crimson Clover—Analyses 184-202 
FERTILIZING THE FRUIT PLANTATION. Trees vs. annual 
crops—Plant-food taken up by trees—Effects of the various 
elements—New Jersey experiments in fertilizing peaches. — 
Stable manure—Rotation in manures—Danger of over use 
of barn manures. — Chemical fertilizers —Nitrogen—Potash— 
Phosphoric acid—Recommendations by Voorhees.—Swm- 
mary statement . ‘. a : é i 202-223 
CHAPTER V. 
THE PLANTING oF Fruit Grounps F . i . 224-276 
THE CHOICE OF VARIETIES. A personal question—The 
mental ideal—1, Follow personal preferences—2, Obtain a 
specific ideal of the purpose for which the fruit is to be 
grown—3, Do not covet varieties of other geographical re- 
gions—4, Choose with reference to local environment—5, 
Choose with reference to inter-pollination—The mixing of 
varieties—Lists of self-fertile and self-sterile varicties—6, 
The choice should be aided by inquiry of many persons and 
accessible writings . ‘ ‘ ‘ : ‘ » 224-230 
