MANURES FOR FRUIT TREES 197 



The best special manures for the cultivation of 

 raspberries are : — 



For rich loams. 



For light ordinary 

 soils. 



Superphosphate of lime , 

 Nitrate of soda 

 Kainifc ... 

 Iron sulphate . 



1 part by weight 



1 „ 



5 )) »j 



2 parts by weight. 

 2 )) >, 



1 part by ,, 



Two pounds of the manure should be used for 

 dressing a hundred canes. 



Strawberry Tree (Arbutus) bears edible fruit, 

 and is benefited by using a manure containing : — 



Four pounds of the mixture should be applied 

 round the tree. Although this tree grows in 

 England, its fruit is not used in the kitchen or on 

 the table; but in certain parts of Europe it is 

 used, and a wine is made from it in the island of 

 Bonaparte. 



Vine. In the author's paper published in The 

 Chemical News, vol. 56, p. 84, it was suggested 

 that iron sulphate, for various reasons, might 



