Planting of Fruit Trees. 



[OCT. 



otherwise unfit for human consumption ; or if any substance has 

 been added which is injurious to health, as determined by 

 actual experimental evidence or in the predominating opinion 

 of scientific experts. Well-known " condimental substances," 

 such as common salt, spices, sugar, wood -smoke, and vinegar 

 are not prohibited. 



If the label bears, directly or by implication, a false name or 

 contains any false statement relating to the place of origin of the 

 goods, or that they are not of the nature and quality commonly 

 associated with the name under which they are sold, the products 

 will be regarded as misbranded. Importation is prohibited of 

 products which are forbidden entry in the country where they 

 are manufactured, or from which they are exported ; or if their 

 sale is prohibited or restricted therein. 



American importers are urged to request their agents abroad 

 to comply with these official regulations, which are summarised 

 as follows : Freedom from deleterious substances, rectification of 

 added foreign substances, and truthfulness in labelling. 



At a time when fruit trees are being planted it may not 



be amiss to call attention to a method that has recently been 



practised in some parts of Germany, with, 



Planting" of ^ [ s sa iH conspicuous success. On strong 

 Fruit Trees. , M ' . / . . r . 



clay soil it is known that the roots of trees 



often suffer through lack of air, and this difficulty may be 

 largely avoided by interstratifying the soil beneath the roots 

 with layers of hedge brushings or similar material. A hole, two 

 to three feet deep and twice this in width, is first made, in the 

 bottom of which some six inches of brushings are placed. On 

 this a layer of soil of similar depth is deposited, then another 

 layer of brushings, and, finally, the tree is set in and secured in 

 the usual way. Trees so treated are said to make very vigorous 

 growth, and to have great power of resisting drought and other 

 prejudicial influences. 



