Show several advantages are found with sod orchard young toung fruit trees of all kinds should usually be cultivated while they are young unless planted on soil which cannot be so treated in this case however it Is usually possible to cultivate narrow strips close to the tree leaving tile the rest ot of the ground in sod after trees reach bearing age which Is usually about five to six years after planting orchards are often allowed to remain in sod with very good results in this case however nitrogen Is usually added in the form of a fertilizer ti such as nitrate of soda or sulphate of amnion ammonia la and applied to each tree early in the spring As a matter of expense the sod orchard Is usually more economical provided the necessary plant food Is added in addition to that several other advantages are found with fill a sod orchard particularly that of putting color on the fruit 1 there are several factors which contribute toward putting color in fruit the first particularly in the case of old orchards Is that of proper pruning so as to open up the tree and allow the sunlight to enter keeping a new orchard liard in sod will also accomplish much toward encouraging better color provided ded not too much nitrate fertilizer la is used ellb will decrease product production loiL thinning Is another op elation which will not only increase the size but also the color of certain varieties vili which fell tend to hang in clusters such as the baldwin |