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Show THE PAYSON CHRONICLE SPECIAL FARM SUPPLEMENT I , Payson, Utah, Thursday, March 25, 1965 Orchards Need Excellent Fertility Program Anson phosphorus and potassium Call out of Extension Horticulturist Utah needed by fruit trees, you should hare , enough without State University adding miore in fertilizer. If you want to grow good For best results, you want fruit, remember that proper the nitrogen to move into the fertilization is important. Fruit root zone along with winter trees and bushes require con- moisture .Thats why we say siderable care and mainten- - the best time to apply it is ance, including wise fertilizing, from late November to early y to yield abundant, March while the, tree is dormant. Dont apply it later than fruit. In an Extension leaflet, one month before bloom in the titled Fertilization of Fruit spring. Crops, we at the University Putting the nitrogen in a give recommendations based on narrow band 6 to 8 inches research and observations in wide for young trees and 2 to Utah. You can obtain a free 3 feet wide for mature trees copy from your county exten- around the tree near the outsion agent. ' er edge will enable the trees In general, we say, apply ni- to get maximum benefit from trogen each year and apply iron the fertilizer if you have a covmanganese and zinc where you er crop. However, if you clean see systems indcating that cultivate, the trees will benethese nutrients are deficient. fit most by having the fertilSince Utah soils are capable izer sprinkled over the area B. By 2 to 3 feet ' from the trunk, apply it as far out as the outer . branches. Our recommendations refer to actual nitrogen. Apply Vi to pound for trees to 1 3 years old and Vz to 1 pound for trees 3 to 8 years old. If your trees are producing well, they need at least one pound of actual nitrogen each year. Large apple and cherry trees will need 1 to 3 pounds. You have to use a little arithmetic in figuring your fertilizer because they dont contain high-qualit- . per cent nitrogen. 100 Ammon- ium nitrate, 33 N, is actual nitrogen so multiply the needed by your trees by 3 to determine how many pounds of fertilizer to apply. For ammonium sulfate, 20 N, you would multiply by 5. You dont need to be a tree of supplying the small amount under the branches. Starting doctor, but you should learn to recognize some of the symptoms that indicate certain fertilizer needs. For example, nitrogen needs. For example, noted by pale yellowish-gree- n leaves, short, thin shoot growth, small, poor quality fruit, and general lack of tree vigor. On the other hand, if you have excess nitrogen, you would have poorly colored, late maturing fruit which doesnt store as well as other fruit. You will also often have excessive growth and water sprouts.. Symptoms of deficiency in iron manganese and zinc are in- dicated in the Extension leaflet along with recommenda doesnt grow high as an elephants eye by itself Corn its helped along using latest crop management techniques like those outlined in a new 23 - minute color movie called Profitable Corn. The 1 6mm movie is one of a series of five farm films produced by U. S. Steel . to help Intermountain on newest soil fertility studies and farmers keep up-to-d- crop production research. Available without charge fcr showing te farm groups, latest films on potatoes, corn, sugar beets, range management and mountain meadows may be borrowed from USS Chemicals Division, 919 Kearns Building, Salt Lake City. tions for correcting the prob- Extension leaflet for further lems.' If you suspect any of information and control these deficiencies, check the Willi I1 71 Fertilize EARLY ' for profit! s rrn Early fertilization gets crops off w a ,to fasttart . ; . promotes rapid a 6 x 11 7 i , $o ' i i i i i m 90 2' iptwy q MtW s v o i W' ' , , ' , b w i 1 X water-holdin- g I f ! Jt - ' f , , , '! - H Fertilizers Denver f 4' ' ' Your tilth quality Nitrogen Fertilizers Are Shipped to You Via Rio Grande, Your Home RailRoad . crops' arid other vegetation ... J 1 increases capacity of the soil. Fertilize early with .United States Steel's . . 4 ' ' , (andiieavier growth of cover -o; . I ! t i ' & Rio Grande Western ilu.l i L 4 ii X RallRoadT 9 I J |