THE GARDEN AND FIELD. 



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son's pruning, retain (he otitward 

 shoots, shortening in one-'third. 

 The remainder cut clean out — 

 never retain the whole nuinher of 

 shoots thrown out — and leave only 

 sufliciont, with plenty of space 

 betw-een them, to give proper 

 .<hape to the tree. After this 

 cour.se of cutting back and thin- 

 ning-out has been followed for 

 .ibout five years, allow the tree to 

 go for a vear uiipruned, and it will 

 in that case throw o"t fniit-si)urs 

 .ilong its whole length, and onl\- 

 a short new growth will be made. 

 Afterwards the plum requires lit- 

 tle pruning when in bearing, ex- 

 cept a shortening and thinning of 

 laterals which intei'sect, and the 

 renewal of spurs bv occasionally 

 cutting them back. — Rxchange. 



Feeding Fruit Trees. 



Irregular nutrition leads to irre- 

 gular crops. We must feed a bal- 

 anced Nation to secure a balanced 

 product. The ration must be bal- 

 anced in available plant food. 

 Manv plant foods are so nearly 

 insoluble or in siich chemical form 

 as to be available only after the 



lapse of .so to loo vcars. The surest 

 way to; know the correct ration is 

 to ex])erimcnt with potash, nitro- 

 gen, and ])hosphoric acid in vary- 

 ing proportions. — " From' " Fruit- 

 grower." 



Co-Operation in Marketing 

 Fruits. 



The subject of marketing covers 

 a wide range and many details 

 and points of interest enter into 

 its final successful consummation. 

 The question of marketing; is a 

 most im'portant one with the fruit 

 grower. We are confronted with a 

 condition and not a theory and one 

 that must be solved if there is to 

 be profit in growing fruits, and at 

 the same time not forcing prices 

 too high for the consumer bv in- 

 tervening expenses. How to do 

 this is the question. There are 

 obstacles in the wav that in".st' be 

 overcome in the solution of the 

 problem and conditions that must 

 be improved. In discussine the 

 subject of marketing, it is vitally 

 important that the resnonsi^ ilitv 

 of all the parties interested be 

 pointed out including the growing, 



NATURAL GUANO 



From Indian (Jcoan now landing ex 

 " Ilcbe." Analysis Nitrogen ^ per 

 cent ; 'Citrate soluble Phosphate of 

 Lime 13.11 per cent.; Insoluble Phos- 

 phate of Lime 50.25 per cent. I*rice 

 70/- per ton delivered to rail, or fiee 

 on board at Port Adelaide. 

 Samples on application. 



ARTHUR H. HASELL, 



Lipson Street, 

 POET ADELAIDE. 



the packing, the transporting, the 

 marketing. To start right, we as 

 growers must not shirk our re- 

 sponsibility. We must grow good 

 fruit before we can pack good 

 fruit. We must i)ack good fr)uit in 

 fan honest way so that the marks 

 and grades put upon the package 

 truly represent its contents. — Ex- 

 change. 



The plum requires more liberal 

 manuring than either the apple 

 or pear ; therefore, if good crops 

 are expected annually, the soil of 

 the plum orchard shoi'ild be well 

 fertilised, alwa^'S aiming to pro- 

 duce in proper proportion wood 

 and fruit. 



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 Traces and^pider. 



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 GRENPELL STREET, AOELHIDE. 



