. Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches. of the fruit, andseparated from it only by narrow vineyards were not sprayed, and per-fectly developed clusters were the exceptionrather than the rule. The prospect was in-deed discouraging. The accompanying photograph of typicalclusters from the treated and untreatedvineyards teaches an important lesson—alesson which must be heeded, or Grapegrowing in Western New York vrill neces-sarily prove a failure. and per cent., and of phosphoric acid per cent.,
. Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches. of the fruit, andseparated from it only by narrow vineyards were not sprayed, and per-fectly developed clusters were the exceptionrather than the rule. The prospect was in-deed discouraging. The accompanying photograph of typicalclusters from the treated and untreatedvineyards teaches an important lesson—alesson which must be heeded, or Grapegrowing in Western New York vrill neces-sarily prove a failure. and per cent., and of phosphoric acid per cent., respectively. The leather shavings would not add appreci-ably to either the potash or phosphoric acid inthe ashes. At the present rates of valuation ofthe constituents of commercial fertilizers thispotash would not be worth over Ave cents apound, and the phosphoric acid, supposing it tobe iosoluable, not over two cents. Figuring on the basis of the average, of theonly two analyses of which we have record, wefind that these ashes are worth about $3 a ton,and perhaps less, if much leather waste was used. Notes from the Popular GardeningGrounds at La Salle, N. Y. Tan Bark Ashes. Sometime last autumn wepurchased a carload of ashes from a Buffalotannery. These ashes are the product of thecombustion of spent tanbark and leather orderto apply fertilizing materials judiciouslywe must know what and how much plant foodthey contain. Analyses of tanbark ashes havenot been made and published very often, con-sequently we are frequently asked about theircomposition. Prof. G. C. Caldwell of the Chem-ical Department, Cornell University, gave usthe following data respecting this subject. Very few analyses of such ashes have beenmade. One, contributed to the Country Gentle-man by Prof. Johnson in 1851 gives the pee cent,of potash and soda at , and of phosphoric acidas only traces. How much of the per potash and soda is potash is not stated. Ofcourse the soda has no manur
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