The RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
567 
Garden Fertilizers; What, When, How 
I want to know exactly how to apply 
commercial fertilizers; when, what kinri, 
and how much per square rod. as follows; 
On onions, lettuce, radishr carrots, par¬ 
snips and asparagus; on strawberries (old 
and new), raspberries and blackberries; 
on peas, beans, sugar corn, potatoes, mel¬ 
ons, etc.; on cherries, peaches, plums and 
grapes. j. g. k. 
Cincinnati, O. 
You can either buy one of the ready- 
mixed chemical fertilizers or mix, by 
weight, one part nitrate of soda, one part 
dried blood and three parts acid phos¬ 
phate. Most figures are given for an acre, 
the rate being say 1,000 pounds for an 
acre of potatoes or garden truck, and 600 
pounds for com or fruit. Many growers 
use more than this. There are 160 square 
rods in an acre, and you may figure how 
many pounds will be used on each rod. 
For garden crops we plan to broadcast half 
the fertilizer after spading or plowing the 
ground and rake or harrow it into the 
upper soil. Then when the plants are 
well above ground scatter the rest of the 
fertilizer along the row, or drill, about 
three inches out from the plant, and hoe 
or cultivate it in. For potatoes the en¬ 
tire amount may be put in or on the drill 
when planting, taking care not to get it 
too close to the seed pieces. On straw¬ 
berries, when the plants are newly set in 
the Spring, we use about two-thirds of 
the fertilizer when the plants are set out. 
The remainder may be used in August, 
hoed in around the plants, so as to start 
the growth of fruit buds. For old plants 
the fertilizer is used in Spring, and. at 
once, after fruiting, the plants are plowed 
under for some second crop. For bush 
fruits we scatter the fertilizer in Spring 
along the rows and cultivate or hoe in. 
For fruit trees, scatter the fertilizer 
around the tree, about as far out as the 
branches extend. For corn all the fer¬ 
tilizer may be broadcast after plowing 
and harrowed in, or all or part of it may 
be drilled with the seed or scattered 
around the hills when the corn is about 
three inches high. For asparagus the time 
to use fertilizer is after cutting is finished 
in late Spring. 
Heading Kieffer Pear Trees 
Last Fall I planted 1.000 Kieffer pear 
trees, and would like to get some infor¬ 
mation about heading them. The trees ! 
are about eight to 10 feet tall, and some j 
nearly as thick as a broom handle; said 
to be two years old. Would it he all 
right to head them about two feet from 
the ground, or should they be headed 
above the first limbs? l. k. ir. 
Ridgely, Md. 
I fear that you will have difficulty in 
getting trees of the description you men¬ 
tion into good shape. They must be more 
than two years old. I am going to plant 
some Kieffers in a short time. I never 
buy any fruit tree over one year old. 
All I want is a good healthy switch with 
fresh live buds from bottom to top. I ' 
can do what I please with such trees, | 
aud in these spraying days we want low¬ 
headed trees. The general practice in 
pruning Kieffer pear trees is wrong. Go 
over all this peninsula where the Kieffers 
are grown, in many thousands, and you 
will find them very generally with the 
rank shoots spreading from an open head, 
aud when in fruit hanging over like woep- 
iug willows and often breaking. The 
best form for the Kieffer is the pyra¬ 
midal. Keep a good central leader and 
start the branches from within a foot of 
the ground, and prune annually to main¬ 
tain the pyramidal form with compara¬ 
tively short side limbs growing shorter 
from the base up. IIow you are to get 
the overgrown monsters you have into 
such a shape you cau tell better than I 
can without seeing the trees. I fear it 
will be necessary for you. to hang on to 
the shape you have, shortening back the 
limbs, of course, for it will be risky to 
depend on such trees starting from within 
a foot of the ground. I always avoid 
overgrown trees of any sort. Give me a 
good healthy yearling and I will attend 
to its growing big. The heading back of 
these trees near the ground will depend 
on the presence there of buds in condi¬ 
tion to grow, and these will be doubtful. 
W. F. MASSEY. 
“Now, Tommy,” said his mother, “I 
want you to be good while I am out.” 
“I’ll be good for tuppence.” replied 
Tommy. “Tommy,” said she, “I want 
you to remember that you caunot be a 
son of mine unless you are good for noth¬ 
ing !”—Melbourne Leader. 
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PCR 
Gallon 
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Dept. t>S. 
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ELYRIA, OHIO 
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