MANURES FOR FRUIT TREES 



l8i 



Mr. J. Cheai, in Ms excelent book on " Fruit 

 Culture," alluping to the author's investigations, 

 says: "receit experiments have conclusively 

 proved that the addition of a small quantity of 

 iron largely increases the c evelopment of foliage, 

 and conseque itly of the plamt. In dealing with a 

 mysterious disease, such as \ canker, I should not 

 leave out eitlipr iron or maOTiesia. The foUowing 

 formula, which may be viewed as circumstances 

 require, is suitable for the apple-tree : — 



This may be used at the rate of a quarter of a 

 pound to th^square yard." \ 



Iron sulphate is a valuable manure in more ways 

 than one, and ik should be an ingredient in most of 

 the special manures for fruit trees. 



Different trees and shrubs require different 

 manures for their Woper growth.l " Each kind of 

 plant or crop so rqanured will thus receive the 

 kind of food most suitable for it, and, as a natural 

 consequence," says Mr J. Udale,^ " we shall have 



' Ga/rderm^or All, p, 19. 



