Show fertilizing material needed by fruit trees fruit trees should receive the flie fertilizing til izing material every spring spread it under the outer branches branch pg away from the trunk frunk where the fine feeding roots are if a nitrogenous fertilizer such as nitrate of soda or sulphate of ammonia Is used it should be applied at the rate of about one quarter pound for each year of the trees age thus a four cearold year old apple tree free would receive one pound and it A twenty four old tree would receive six pounds old peat peach h trees will rarely need more than three pounds spread the fertilizer on top of the ground and let the rain wash it in |