Manti Messenger | 1923-12-21 | Page 6 | Apple Trees Need Plant Food for Proper Growth

Apple Trees Need Plant Food for Proper Growth Gro Apple trees on thin upland or other poor soil solI are likely lIkel to o need fertilizing For such orchards F. F H. H Ballou Ballon associate associate as ns horticulturist Ohio experiment station recommends the application of a mixture of ot equal parts parts' of nitrate of soda or sulphate of ammonia and acid phosphate He would apply these fertilizers very er early In the spring Just as the buds begin to swell For a poorly nourished year twenty apple tree about ten pounds of the mixture Is 18 suggested This Is scattered evenly In Ina Ina a circle beneath and a little beyond the branches but keeping a few feet awu away from the base of ot the tree For trees from five to ten years of age applications of from three to five pounds are recommended Fruit trees covered cowered with a rich d dark dark- rk green foliage and large twig growth probably l nee need 1 ver very little nitrogenous plant food I