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Show IRRIGATION POINTER. I Very often where a person has H water available only during the dor- H mant season it may be applied and H kept in the soil by careful cultivation. H This, of course, requires that the soil H have a high water holding capacity H and that the culture be as good as H can be given. If the soil is light and H shallow the probability is that the H trees will suffer for want of water H during the latter part of the sum- H mcr. It is also essential that irriga- H tion of this kind be not given in the H fall of the year until the trees are H entirely dormant, or a late growth H will be induced which will likely H cause considerable trouble. As re- H gards the number of gallons of wat- H cr needed per tree I cannot say. It H is exceedingly variable and will de- pend entirely upon the size and kind of trees, nature of soil, whether 'or not the tree is bearing and the'mulchi ing given to prevent loss of moisture. H |