Biggle orchard book : fruit and orchard gleanings from bough to basket : gathered and packed into book form . ORrc lMrERI\I,. NORTHERNSPY Chapter IX. COVER , WINTER AND SPRING CARE. Orchards, as -nell as folks, need winter overcoats.—John Tucker. The seven important advantages of a cover cropin the orchard are: 1st, to supply nitrogen andorganic matter or humus to the soil; 2d, to improvethe mechanical condition of the soil, i. e., to lightena heavy soil or make a light soil more retentive ofmoisture ; 3d, to protect the roots from being injuredby deep freezing ; 4th, to prevent the
Biggle orchard book : fruit and orchard gleanings from bough to basket : gathered and packed into book form . ORrc lMrERI\I,. NORTHERNSPY Chapter IX. COVER , WINTER AND SPRING CARE. Orchards, as -nell as folks, need winter overcoats.—John Tucker. The seven important advantages of a cover cropin the orchard are: 1st, to supply nitrogen andorganic matter or humus to the soil; 2d, to improvethe mechanical condition of the soil, i. e., to lightena heavy soil or make a light soil more retentive ofmoisture ; 3d, to protect the roots from being injuredby deep freezing ; 4th, to prevent the fine particles ofsoil and plant food from being washed away duringthe fall, winter and spring; 5th, to catch and holdsnow and leaves ; 6th, to help check late growth oftrees in the fall, and thus aid wood growth to hardenup for winter; and, 7th, to pump the surplus waterout of the soil in early spring so that the ground maysooner get into condition for plowing. An orchard cover crop is a crop sown to cover theground during that portion of the year when verylittle or not any growth is being made by fruit a man
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