. Australian Garden and Field. 15S THE GARDEN AND FIELD. September, 1913 Notes for September. Oranges, not forg-etting the man- darin, lemons, loquats, guavas, feijoas, a're all plantable during the next few weeks. Get the ground. well prepared first, it is time saved in the end. The planning and planting of a new fri'iit garden is only the first step in the successful prodviction of fruil. The subsequent. care is sometimes neglected even by the commercial grower. Manv people have got in the habit of thinking that when trees are planted our work is done and that do the rest., So s
. Australian Garden and Field. 15S THE GARDEN AND FIELD. September, 1913 Notes for September. Oranges, not forg-etting the man- darin, lemons, loquats, guavas, feijoas, a're all plantable during the next few weeks. Get the ground. well prepared first, it is time saved in the end. The planning and planting of a new fri'iit garden is only the first step in the successful prodviction of fruil. The subsequent. care is sometimes neglected even by the commercial grower. Manv people have got in the habit of thinking that when trees are planted our work is done and that do the rest., So she will, but all the more qnickly for a helping hand. ^. For y«ari lh« Unly brandy used in the Adelaida Hotpital. Sole Agwnttâ DOWNER A 00. Win* and Spirit Merchant! and Aerated Water Manufacturers. 43 WA\i\IOrTTT HT., CITY. Young trees are as susceptible to care and cultivation as are any other voung things. It is a mis- take to think that a well grown, profitable tree just " happens " be- it doesn't. There, are three essential points in fruit growing ; first is pruning, the second, spraying, and the third cultivation and fertilization, and each without the others is incom- plete To spray without pruning would be a waste of material on dead branches and superfluous wood. This extra wood also hin- ders the development of the fnnit hv shutting out the sunlight and air, which are essential ; also ren- dering the trees more liable to in- sect and fungus attacks, for when disease gets a strong foothold in an orchard it ^'^'ill get into the older wood and also affect the fruit spurs for the following crop and this point accounts largely for crop failures. The first spraying for codliu moth is very important, and un- der some circumstances, may be the onlv one necessary. In most cases, "however, three sprayings .should be given, the first when the petals have fallen is tihe one which counts for most, and it is time to be thinking about it now. All grafted
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