462 t' FKUIT. 



may be. The good, old-fashioned, substantial nourishment must not 

 be withheld, and a suitable ration from the compost or. manure 

 heap, as usual, will by no means prevent our orchards being bene- 

 fited aU the more by the substances of which they have especial 

 need, in certain portions of their organisation. 



