Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-30
On NIRnnring tho Orchard.

Our government has lately issued q
bulletin treating on how they manure
orchard trees in different parts of the
world. In all the so-called fruit coun-
tries rnanurts are largely applied to or
char1 trees without regard to the nat
! ural richness of the land.
In Jamaica, according to this bulle-
tin, they attach u cord to the trunk of
! the tree and then pass around marking q
circle Immediately under ths outermost
ends of the extended branches. Here u
| trench one foot wide and near two foot
deep is dug out and TILED with mix
| tIre of bone dust and well-rotted barn
| yard or stable manure. The soil taken
| out in digging the circular trench is
spread back over the manure. Next
! year, when the branches of the tree
| have extended further, another circular
| trench is dug, outside of the first one,
aud filled rs III the first case. it having
| been located 10y string attached to the
| trunk Of the tree and carried around uu-
der the outermost ends of the limbs as
! before. Ana thus the wOT6 OF nanur-
Ing is kept up from year TO yeac so long
rs the tree continues TO spread. Under
this treatment Jamaica leads the world
Ill fruits.
In California COW and other dPcom-
posed fertilizers are used. In setting
young trees u circular hole is eXcuvated
four feet in diameter ana three or four
feet deep, into the bottom of which
four-inch layer of OH cattle bones is
placed, on the top of this six inches of
clay, then another six inches of manure,
then layer of common soil upon which
the trees are set.
Asia Minor fertiliZes fruit trees lber-
ally by working the matter well into the
soil under the spread of the tree, in the
fall of every second year. The manures
are worked down TO the depth of from
ten to twelve inches, care being taken
not 10 break any important roots OF the
tree in the operation. Decomposed
stable or lot manures are the kinds used.
Palestine fertiizes trees after pretty
much the same plan as resorted to by
Asia Minor, using the same kinds OF
manures.
Syria fertilizas heavily with goat
manure. using it manly as a top dress
ing. The trees are under irrigation, and
banks are thrown UP around them 20 pre-
vent water from carrying the manure
away. 1t is allowed TO soak down among
the roots as q liquid fertilizer. The soil
lnclines 10 sandy.
Sidon applies goat manure Same as
Syria.
Mentone employs barn manure mixed
with horn scrapings, once in every two
years. The mixture is placed on the
;surface under the branches of the tree.
Italy manu-es fruit trees in the winter
of every year. Stable manures are
worked into the ground and liquid ma
nures or sewerage poured over them in
the dry season.
Messina uses stable manure by placing
i; in the irrigating trenches and allowing
the waters 10 carry its strength to the
trees i'll irrigation. Spring is considered
the best time for thus fertiIizing. A few
leading orchardists have of late been ap-
plying sulphate of ammonia with appa-
rent good results.
Palermo considers alkaline substances,
of some character, of great Importance
to fruit trees. Growers formerly used |
spGweed, mixed with the excrements OF
horses, cows CT Stable accommodations
Fragments OF dressed leather, WOODEN /
rags. crapings from horns, and certain /
other remains of old or cast-olf mauufac- |
turers, rs well as deeayed fruits, are ex-
tensvelv employed. The materials are |
thoroughly composted and mixed before |
using, after which the mass is dug in |
in among the roots of the trees.
The Azores depend largely upon green ,
mauuring, sowing lupiGS and turning /
them under. Burnyari manure is some-
times worked in with the green lupins.
Spain manures orchard trees heavily |
with almost every character of plant
food obtainable. leaving out all forms of !
commercial manureS excepting. in some
Instances, guuno. The muuures are
buried in the soil under the trees within
the space covered by the extending
branches.