WHY SOME OBCHABDS PAIL 
both r.-i+v »2 ^ + v rip , S . through the country have you seen orchards 
topnri ^ !^ md +°^ er to-nas - whose leaves are small and inclined 
not tbe J J -Sht shade of green, and whose fruit is not 
tpd"nroVi U %i be hoped for ? These are not necessarily neglec- 
re^ul-riv d onr! C ^ /er C - r01 ? ma ? be growin S on ihem and plowed under 
d the ? “ ay bG £ zven a11 the other attention which is 
rdinarlly supposed to produce the best fruit. What is wrong ? 
Mineral aJti ^ a °l ' c ^ rds ?£ d vineyards are planted in mineral soil, 
it contoinc ! 1 Q 1 f seldom > z £ ever, in good physical condition unless 
itnw !?? 1r ?f amount of vegetable matter at a favourable 
Vvhen the +^“f° S1 1 tl0 ?‘ J Usually such soil is made fairly workable 
few vowq +h ls planted, by blasting or otherwise, but in a very 
reach out ™ 6 runs together agpin. The roots are unable to 
tree is root-bound* 16 * 1 ’ Unab:Le to S^ther moisture or plant food, the 
„ nTm1 . Q , thoroughly loosening a hard soil which is plentifully 
while oroviHP^n+h food ^Hl cause trees to thrive in it for a 
loosen?™ L? time will soon become so again, regardless of 
use of ofen£?i e m S +^ t 1 S w ke p t in P r °P e t Physical condition by the 
was blacj+fe -p 2 matter. lmow °t a citrus orchard where a hole 
Then the <= n -n L ea °j +f ee they grew beautifully for a few years 
Organic matter^?n-? d e tke + ro ?J: s became hard again and growth stopped, 
tion even thnnoh 1 ?* 8 - i noC biie surface will not correct that condi- 
it nn csim.i u § n + lu a , cbs as a mulch to hold the moisture and give 
peatmoss !i'! We k ; 10w ? f some othex citrus trees where German 
tine ?hLo I thoroughly mixed with the soil at the time of plan- 
beaut i fii?'?™ ^ rSe -if 1 ? r 8 e > dark-green, wide-spread leaves, with 
permanent nr ^ tc^ 0 ped + 5 rU: ^ fc, because G crman peat moss is the most 
bound loJ maineerl L er come! n ** th ° Se treeS ° annot be ° 0me root 
states * n H ,?u e ia what the greatest tree experts in the United 
thriving Sev flr??i ar ^ Cal L ed t0 breat a citrus tree that is n ot 
li^ h t c hnrrpAf i 11 aY }& ex r oot-ball from two sides, pat two 
then fnr^ S l f d J ,n ? m:Lte into these holes and explode them and 
peat mos- tr>^n Pr o S i° e > d ? ir wb 4 cb has passed through loose German 
exn]osion <3 ero nole until all the openings created by the 
confidence +vio+^tT^f? d wl th loose peat moss. Then they go away with 
Heroic methn^J Mature and Gorman peat moss will do the rest. 
manent ' hf ’ and nade necessary by $he fact that no per- 
S' ic matter was used when the tree was planted* 
time is not far distant when German moss will he 
or , n * BU * anoe failure when planting an orchard 
into it' Sure ^ <^ 0wn where the roots can get 
