. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. 82 CULTIVATION OF THE SOIL. impossibility of mellowing the ground by repeated cultivation. For this reason, a low crop of peas has been found much worse than a heavy growth of Indian corn. Renovating Old Trees.—When old trees become feeble, there. 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
. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. 82 CULTIVATION OF THE SOIL. impossibility of mellowing the ground by repeated cultivation. For this reason, a low crop of peas has been found much worse than a heavy growth of Indian corn. Renovating Old Trees.—When old trees become feeble, there. 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 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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