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f this spring and most young and furnish some nitrogen, after these
i non-bearing trees usually can be decay. especially if lcgume hay or i
kept vigorous without the ooo of clippings are used. Newly added i
hltmgen f€I.tlllZ€l._ Trees that have inulches should contain some ani-
boon bearing heavily “rlll heed to mal or poultry manure to furnish
be f€l·tillz€d_ probably lt will be nitrogen until the mulch starts to
advisable to split the application on decal'-
oppio iyoosy using about iinif tho Because conditions are variable.
gmgunf in Maron to aid fi-uit Sgt, and no simple formula can be stated that
the second half about June 1, on the will Pl`0Vld€‘ the best WHY to main-
trees caryylng the heaviest cl·OpS_ i.EIlll fl`Lllt pl.`OdUCtlOll OH lYldlVldllZll
For peaches, tho uso gf foyiiiizoi farms. The fertilizer industry has
probably should be delayed till the pledged itSelf to distribute all fer-
fyosi; poyiod is past and tho oyop is tilizers equitably among consumers.
$31; Whoyo {no amount of nitrogen The use of nitrogen on certain non-
available seems inadequate to main- eSSC1ltial Crops will be eliminated
tain vigor, the pruning should be tv conserve the supply for fruits
moro sovoro than usual. The reduc— and other food crops. It is expected
tion of the top of a tree will reduce that Il`i0St of the Straight nitrogen
its nitrogen requirement but will fertilizer available will be sulphate
also reduce its producing capacity, pf allmulllil dlld p0$SlbiY 50me
hence too severe pruning is not ¤lti`¤li0 of 50d€l·
desirable. On the whole, the situation looks
During the period that f€1.tlhZ€l.S quite favorable for fruit growers in
are limited, special attention should Ke¤t¤¤k>=
be given to soil management prac-
tices. On most soils, clean cultiva- SOME 1942 STRAWBERRY
tion results in excessive erosion and TESTS i
depletion of nitrogen reserves. l_ Lexington Results  
~ Thus, is would seem advisable to _ ‘
seed orchards to a more or less per- C' S' WALTMAN i
manent cover crop and this will During the season of 1942 eight  
help to reduce labor costs. Lespe- varieties of strawberries were  
deza has proven to be an excellent fruited on the Experiment Station  
cover in many orchards for a num- farm at Lexington. Five of these l
ber of years, and it is one of the were comparatively new varieties  
best legumes for this purpose. which have not been grown in this i
Alfalfa, sweet clover and red clover vicinity previously, while the other i
have been used with some success. three, Premier, Blakemore and
The growing of legumes results in Catskill, are considered as standard
the fixing of considerable quanti- varieties. The yl€]d$ lll 24·€l¤8l`t
ties of atmospheric nitrogen in com- crates per acre were as follows:
pounds in the soil, which makes Catskill   _l___________'______ 3428
legumes more important than usual. Blakomoi-o ______________________ 3055
Since legumes are not as effective T€¤¤€$5€€ Shipper
as grasses in preventing erosion, a Prgglggl; -——···--————--·—---—----»----  
mixture ef legumes uml emsses Diosaon Xfjjfjjjjfffj]j[[]j2a9Zv
should be use on steep sites. Where Tennessee Beauty
manure is available, even small (263) ............................ 272.3
amounts placed around the trees T€ll¤€SS€€ S¤pl`€m¢‘
will be beneficial. Mulching mato- (260) ----·-·-----·----·---»-»·· 249-6
rials placed around trees will also CulV€l' --»------·---·e-~--·--·----- 207-7
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