8o MANURES FOR FRUIT TREES 



One ton of pineapples extracts 10 '5 lbs. of mineral 

 matter from the soil. 



During the Christmas week (1906) there were 

 about 45,000 pineapples in Covent Garden market, 

 and the following week there was a supply of 

 over 20,000 of these choice fruits at extremely- 

 reasonable prices. 



Plum (Prunus domestica, Natural Order, 

 Rosacese) is a hardy fruit-bearing tree with decid- 

 uous leaves. There are about 190 varieties culti- 

 vated in this country. Plum trees prefer a shallow, 

 moderately moist, sandy loam, with a gravelly or 

 chalky subsoil. 



The ashes of the plum-tree contain in 100 parts :^ 



1 A. B. Griffiths, ibid., p. 103. 



