. Annual report of the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station. f the plants. 10. DETAILS OF FERTILIZING. The contents of the bags of fertilizing ingredients were mixed verythoroughly on a clean wooden floor, the few lumps found being care-fully pulverized and well incorporated. An accarate sample wastaken for analysis. The manner of mixing the ingredients and ofslaking the lime can be seen in Fjg. J1. The amounts of the differ-ent ingredients were carelully calculated for separate applicationsupon each of the plums, peach, and grapes, the purpose being foreach tree and vine to receive
. Annual report of the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station. f the plants. 10. DETAILS OF FERTILIZING. The contents of the bags of fertilizing ingredients were mixed verythoroughly on a clean wooden floor, the few lumps found being care-fully pulverized and well incorporated. An accarate sample wastaken for analysis. The manner of mixing the ingredients and ofslaking the lime can be seen in Fjg. J1. The amounts of the differ-ent ingredients were carelully calculated for separate applicationsupon each of the plums, peach, and grapes, the purpose being foreach tree and vine to receive separate portions of each ingredient,which were to be carefully applied by hand to ensure accuracy (), so that the exact amount of materials should be applied where 184 N. C. AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 1896. intended. The materials for each tree and vine were mixed in paperbags, and carried upon trays and deposited upon the plats to be fer-tilized. For the blackberry series the weighings were made for eachrow, instead of each tree as in the other Fig. 11.—Slaking lime preparatory to applying. As the trees, vines, and plants were in their first year of growthafter transplanting from the nurseries, the applications of the differ-ent fertilizers, instead of being full normal amounts as stated below,were divided into the following proportionate parts, and the applica-tions were made at the time stated. And as their roots would notextend to a great distance during the first year, the application wasmade only upon the probable area that would be reached by them. For the Plums and Peaches.—One-fifth of the normal amount ofpotash and phosphoric acid was applied at the time of planting, andone-fifth of the normal amount of nitrogen was applied (one-halfat time of planting, and the remaining one-half during the firstweek in June). The fertilizers were applied in a circle of 3 ft. radiussurrounding each tree, excepting the first application of nitrogen,which was u
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