Application. It should be applied three times. Apply 400 to 600 lbs. per acre to the 
seed-bed when the seed is sown. Then apply 1,000 to 1,500 lbs. when the plants are trans- 
planted or pricked out, sown broadcast across the trenches or furrows before the plants are 
set out, and worked into the soil. Then, just before the celery is banked up, apply 500 to 
1,000 lbs., so that it will be worked into the soil which is brought about the plant. If the 
seed-bed where the seed is sown was rich from previous application of manure or fertilizer, 
then none need be appHed at this time ; but the object of three applications is to feed the 
plant from start to finish. 
Stockbridge Lettuce and Spinach Manure* 
For Use out of Doors or under Glass. 
As we understand it, in growing lettuce under a glass or in the open 
field, three things are essential to successful culture : first, rapidity and vigor 
of growth, which will make the lettuce tender and crisp; secotid, cleanliness 
and freedom from rot and mildew; and Ihird, but not least, proper maturing 
or heading up. 
This manure is prepared with a special view to producing a tender leaf 
or foliage growth. A plant that grows slowly is apt to be tough. One that 
grows healthily and vigorously will be tender and bright. 
Application. Apply from one to two lbs. to each thirty square feet or two hot-bed 
sash, or from three to six pounds to each one hundred square feet, sown broadcast and 
worked into the soil just before or just after the last transplanting, care being taken not to get 
it upon the roots or leaves of the plant. 
For Field Culture. Apply just before the plants are transplanted, at the rate of 1,500 
to 2,000 lbs. per acre, sown broadcast, and worked into the soil. 
Stockbridge Strawberry and Fruit Manure^ 
For Strawberries, Small Fruits, Qrape Vines, etc. 
In the Stockbridge Fruit Manure we aim to supply not alone the re- 
quired elements in the proper proportions, but in forms which "are acceptable 
to the plant, and which neither produce vine at the expense of fruit, nor fruit 
at the expense of vine, but a normal, healthy growth. 
Application. For Strawberries. Apply 1,000 to 1,500 lbs. per acre. This will give 
the best results, producing healthy plants, and increase the production of fruit. Apply one- 
half in early spring, and one-half in summer after fruiting. It not only produces strong vines 
and large yields, but berries which are sweeter, firmer, more marketable^and bring a better 
price. Berries grown on highly nitrogenous manures, like guano, are usually softer and not 
so readily handled. This manure not only contains a good percentage of nitrogenous matter, 
but also several chemicals which go to make a firm, hard berry of good flavor and large 
size. 
For Grapes, Raspberries and Blackberries. Apply 400 to 800 lbs. per acre. This 
will be found an excellent dressing, producing a healthy growth of vine, increasing the size 
and quantity of fruit, improving its quality, and increasing the amount of sugar found in it, 
as it does in all fruits. Sow broadcast in spring or fall, and work into the soil. This may be 
applied to the currant, gooseberry, etc. 
Stockbridge Tobacco Manure* 
Prof. Levi Stockbridge, of the Massachusetts Agricultural College, was 
the first to introduce a special fertiUzer for tobacco. His formula in 1875 to 
produce 1,500 lbs. tobacco-leaf, and the natural proportion of stalk per acre 
without any other manure, over and above what the natural yield of the land 
would produce, called for 144 lbs. Ammonia, 16 lbs. Soluble Phosphoric Acid, 
172 lbs. Actual Potash, besides lime and magnesia. He also laid down the rule 
that there should be no chlorides or salt present, and that the ammonia should 
be obtained, to a large extent, from chemicals, free from chlorides or acid. 
Application. We recommend the application of 1,500 to 2,500 lbs. per acre without 
any other fertilizers, the application of 2,000 lbs. being a liberal quantity. The latest method 
of application is to sow half of it before ploughing, ploughing it under lightly, or working it 
in with a wheel-harrow : and, two or three weeks later, plough the land to the ordinary depth, 
and sow on the remainder of the fertilizer, working it in with a wheel-harrow. After this the 
land is ready for the usual fitting before setting out the plants. 
Stockbridge Tree Manure* 
For Fruit and Shade Trees, and Hardy Shrubs. 
This manure is prepared for fruit-trees, such as apples, pears, peaches 
and plums; also for shade-trees and hardy shrubs. Dr. Jabez Fisher, of Fitch- 
burg, one of the best authorities on apple-trees, contends that they should be 
enriched the same as any other crop, and that, if properly fertilized and judi- 
ciously thinned, they will bear more or less every year. 
If trees, especially fruit-trees, are kept growing vigorously, their fruit will 
be less liable to attack from insect pests and fungus growths. In other words, 
it will be smoother and firmer, more juicy and delicious, and will keep longer. 
This fertilizer will produce a healthy growth of vigorous wood, which should 
be kept well cut back in order to throw the, force of the tree into the fruit. 
Directions. For Fruit-Trees, such as apples, pears, peaches and plums, apply at 
the rate of five to twenty-five pounds to each tree, broadcast, and extending out as far as the 
branches reach. If possible, plough it into the soil, but, if not possible, keep the grass cut 
under the trees, so that the strength of the fertilizer will be left for the tree and not be ab- 
sorbed by the grass crop. Apply about five pounds to trees that are three or four inches in 
diameter, and so go up to twenty-five pounds for trees that are fifteen to twenty years from 
setting. 
For Shade-Trees apply as for fruit-trees, and for Hardy Shrubs apply from a pint to 
a quart to each shrub, or at the rate of ten pounds to two hundred square feet of border. 
Work it into the soil thoroughly and evenly. 
