MANURES FOR FRUIT TREES 187 



In some soils they are grown profitably by 

 substituting a heavy mulch for cultivation, but 

 they are improved by using special manures, either 

 as top-dressings or liquid manures. 



Damson Trees should be treated from time 

 to time with cow-dung and a special manure 

 containing : — 



From 3 to 7 pounds of the mixture should be 

 applied to each tree after pruning, and an 

 additional 2 lbs. in the spring. 



Fig Trees should be watered freely during 

 active growth, and the following liquid manure 

 should be applied twice weekly to the trees 

 bearing fruit : — 1 ounce of superphosphate of lime, 

 2 ounces of kainit, 2 ounces of nitrate of soda, 

 and |- of an ounce of iron sulphate to a gallon of 

 water. 



It may be mentioned that at Keele Hall, 

 Staffordshire, the residence of the Grand Duke 

 Michael of Russia, there is a famous fig tree upon 

 which seven different kinds of figs grow ; and it is 

 the largest tree of its kind in England. 



