1 88 MANURES FOR FRUIT TREES 



Gooseberry Bushes should be dressed with 

 well-rotted dung in the autumn, and treated 

 with a special manure containing 2 parts of 

 nitrate of soda, 1 part of superphosphate of 

 lime and 1 part of iron i sulphate — 1 lb. of 

 the mixture to 3 square yards. The bushes 

 should be watered from time to time with 

 the same manure dissolved in water (2 ozs. to 

 1 gallon). 



Gooseberry bushes are spoilt by ruthless 

 pruning, as the berries are generally produced 

 on the previous season's growths, and when these 

 shoots are shortened to within an inch or so of the 

 older wood a heavy crop of fruit is an im- 

 possibility. 



The gooseberry pays for proper cultivation and 

 manuring. A grower says " in 1866, though prices 

 were low, I cleared £120 per acre from Berry^s 

 Kent alone." 



With's manures are also suitable for gooseberry 

 bushes and other fruit-bearing trees. They act 

 directly, as they are soluble, and greatly increase 

 the yield. In fact, the firm are manufacturing 

 special manures in a manner that the author has 

 recommended in his books and papers for many 

 years. 



