so MANURES FOR FRUIT TREES 



manure is applied than is actually necessary for 

 present growth, the cultivator increases the pro- 

 ductive capacity of the soil. It is a policy that 

 pays the cultivator to help nature by adding the 

 various ingredients in the form of soluble com- 

 pounds. Soluble manures are readily absorbed, 

 and, as a consequence, produce healthy, vigorous 

 trees, capable of yielding sound ripe fruit. Soluble 

 manures feed the trees — especially during the 

 period of active growth. 



It is by such means that the fertility of the soil 

 is maintained, and thereby a full yield of apples, 

 pears, plums, and other fruits is obtained. 



The soil must be worked for more reasons than 

 one, it must be manured with artificial, as well as 

 organic manures; and it must be well drained, 

 well cultivated, and well planted. 



Until manured and cultivated, a barren soil 

 is absolutely useless for the growth of fruits, 

 flowers, and ornamental foliage. To conclude in 

 the words of Arbuthnot : "He that sows his 

 grain upon marble will have many a hungry belly 

 before his harvest." 



