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Title: The gardener's assistant; a practical and scientific exposition of the art of gardening in all its branches
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Thompson, Robert, 1798-1869 Watson, William, 1858-1925
Subjects: Gardening Horticulture
Publisher: London : The Gresham Publishing Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Institution Libraries
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ngs, dilutethis with about four times its bulk of water,and apply it at the rate of 50 or 60 gallons ata time when the soil is moist in early summer.Where the trees are not in grass the manurecan be lightly dug into the surface, and theliquid may be supplied as in the other case.Should the trees fail to respond to this treat-ment, add a dressing of superphosphate of limeand sulphate of potash or other similar mineralmanures. In many instances within our ex-perience most gratifying results have followedpersevering attention of the character advised,though it is naturally a more pleasing task toplant a new orchard than attempt to restore anold one. The gathering of fruit, the storing, packing,or marketing, do not come within the scope ofthis chapter, but are dealt with fully in otherportions of this work. (r. l. c) CHAPTER III. SPRAYING FRUIT-TREES. The devastation amongst fruit-trees causedby insect and fungus pests has been seriousduring the past quarter of a century. The •■> 1
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causes of this are various. The trees may beweakened and predisposed to attacks by theexcessive use of stimulating manures, by over-cropping, or by poor cultivation. Careful selec-tion of sites, planting only healthy young trees,and good cultivation are the best preventives.Still, even where these are provided, atmos-pheric and other conditions may prevail whichfavour the development and increase of bothinsects and fungi, and organized methods ofprevention or cure become necessary. Theadoption of such means is now compulsory insome countries; the careless cultivator whoallows his trees to become infested without aneffort to check the evil is regarded as a sourceof public danger, and is dealt with accordingly.Important assistance has been rendered tocultivators by the invention of improved ap-paratus for the distribution of liquid substancesover trees and plants. The ordinary syringewhich has long been used in gardens is bothwasteful and inefficient for the purpose, andthe majority of

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