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Show o TIME OF BEARING OF FRUIT TREES. Apples generally coming into bear-- bear-- ing four or five years after being planted; plums in two or three years: peaches in two years and pears abom I the same as apples. However, the time of bearing of fruit trees is modified modi-fied greatly by the soil in which they grow. Trees growing in rich, black soil arc generally slow in coming into bearing, while on land where the wood growth is poor trees will often come into bearing -early. There is a mistaken idea very gen oral among beginners in fruit growing grow-ing that a large amount of manure in the soil is necessary to make the trees productive. Quite the contrary is the case, although plenty of plan food in the soil is absolutely necessary neces-sary to get fruit of desirable quantity; yot often when trees are grown on land that is exceedingly rich in plant food they will fail to come into bearing bear-ing as soon as on poorer soil. The time of bearing of fruit trees ' is also modified very much .by the 1 J varieties. Some varieties, like the Duchess of Oldenburg, come into ; hearing yery early, while others, like 5 tht? Northern Spy apple, in some sec- I tiQns are veny tardy in this respect. ! I I i About twenty years ago a variety of apples known as the Peerless was sent out by a Northern nursery concern con-cern which felt it had every reason to believe the variety was worthy of introduction, in-troduction, but the trees had not been tested as root-grafted trees. It had been found that large orchards of this kind that have grown ten or twelve years scarcely show a sign of coming into bearing. Colorado Fruit Grower. |