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Show 0 dkrf TO FERTILIZE THE ORCHARD Generous Heap of Stable Manure, Straw, Cornstalks, Etc, 8hbuld Be Placed Around Trees. Here again, during the fall is the ideal time in which to fertilize the orchard, as a goodly portion of the fertility elements will have penetrated down to the roots of the trees before the ground freezes up, and the work of rejuvenation will have been well begun be-gun when the spring opens up and the ground thaws out. Where the orchard is young, It will, of course, have to be plowed after giving it a good coat of rich stable-manure, stable-manure, straw, cornstalks, etc. If the orchard is of a size not to require cultivation, a generous heap of the above-mentioned fertilizers should be hauled and piled up around the base of each tree. This is more productive of good results re-sults the following season than where the orchard is fertilized during the spring months, as it will have plenty of time in which to be instrumental in developing a larger crop of finer quality fruit. E. V. B. |