. The encyclopedia of practical horticulture; a reference system of commercial horticulture, covering the practical and scientific phases of horticulture, with special reference to fruits and vegetables;. Gardening; Fruit-culture; Vegetable gardening. Plate No. 3. The Contrast Between an Imperfect and a Perfect Cantaloup. shown that soil cannot be made to pro- duce good cantaloupes indefinitely, year after year, by applying manure and arti- ficial fertilizers. Aside from fertility there are also the questions of plant diseases, soil bacteria, and unbalanced food supply. Crop-rota- tion has pro
. The encyclopedia of practical horticulture; a reference system of commercial horticulture, covering the practical and scientific phases of horticulture, with special reference to fruits and vegetables;. Gardening; Fruit-culture; Vegetable gardening. Plate No. 3. The Contrast Between an Imperfect and a Perfect Cantaloup. shown that soil cannot be made to pro- duce good cantaloupes indefinitely, year after year, by applying manure and arti- ficial fertilizers. Aside from fertility there are also the questions of plant diseases, soil bacteria, and unbalanced food supply. Crop-rota- tion has proven to be the most practical and adequate means of preserving not only the proper fertility, but the near- est approach to securing uninfested soil conditions, hence crop rotation becomes an important phase of cantaloup culture Alfalfa to the western ranches occu- pies the same place that clover does to the eastern farmer, or the cow pea to the southern planter; these crops for their respective sections provide ideal soil fer- tility and tilth for the cantaloup. In Colorado alfalfa sod is the ideal soil prep- aration for cantaloupes, and a comparison of the results on alfalfa sod with even well manured old land will convince the most skeptical. (Plate No. 2.) Experience has demonstrated that early matured can- taloupes can hardly be expected on soil following a heavy fertility consuming crop, like sugar beets or corn, a good late crop being the usual result. Nearly all the fine records of early yields and high prices have been made on soil that was in a perfect state of tilth and fertility. Soil can be made too rich in applying manures, and the principal point in the application of fertilizers is to have a rea- sonable amount, and well incorporated in the soil, and in the case of barnyard manure to have it well rotted. In Col- orado manuring in the hill has been found to have no advantage over the broadcast method, owing probably to the wide spreading root system of the plant;
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