. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. Fig. h8.—Faulty Manuring. is no better way of imparting to them vigor than by manuring. Instead of adopting the more common practice of digging a circular trench around them and filling this with manure, the operation may be performed in a more perfect and efficient manner by digging narrow radiating trenches from within a few feet of the trunk, directly from it—this will prevent cut- ting many of the rootis. The an- nexed diagram (Fig. 119) will show
. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. Fig. h8.—Faulty Manuring. is no better way of imparting to them vigor than by manuring. Instead of adopting the more common practice of digging a circular trench around them and filling this with manure, the operation may be performed in a more perfect and efficient manner by digging narrow radiating trenches from within a few feet of the trunk, directly from it—this will prevent cut- ting many of the rootis. The an- nexed diagram (Fig. 119) will show the position of these trenches. These may then be fiilled wth a compost niade of turf, stable manure, ashes, and perhaps a little bone manure—the turf to be the chief constituent, say one-half or two- thirds—and the ashes say one- thirtieth. The bone manure is not essential, as its constituent parts are in common manure in small quan- tities. If this is done in autumn, the roots will be prepared to penetrate it early in spring, and if the tree is not past recovery, it may make a new Fig. 119.—Diagram for Trenches for Renovating Old Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Thomas, J. J. (John Jacob); Wood, William H. S. New York, Orange Judd
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