Show I It Pays to Give Peach Orchard Clean Culture ExperIence has bas shown that It is ad- ad isable and profitable to give the peach orchard clean culture just as long as there Is room b between Veen t the trees to use horse drawn cultural tools for the purpose Later a sod may be bealH allowed wed to form The grass or weeds should not be removed from the orchard or- or chard but should be cut before ripen ripen- and allowed to remaIn where they fall for a mulch Fertilization at the time ot of planting the trees should not be attempted unless unless un- un less the soil Is ver very poor In such a case the planting would better be delayed delayed de- de for a year or two during whIch time fertility may lUay be added b by manure worked Into the soil or catch crops fertIlIzed with phosphorus and potash plowed under In tile the meantime there should be a liberal application of lime unless that element is known to be present in lI liberal eral amount In the spring after the trees have been set one year an application ot of fertilIzer should be made and the same repeated annually This may pe e manure reinforced with acid phosphate phate or finely pulverized pul raw rock worked Int into the soil with the cultural tools or It may be commercial fertilizer ter fer- strong in phosphorus and pot pot- ash The use of lime must not be neg neg- wood ashes are an excellent source of lime and potash and if available a may be used liberally liberally liber- liber ally |