Mowing Orchards.

Manawatu Herald, 1 August 1895, Page 3

Mowing Orchards.

_ ♦ Jf jjbere is one thing more injuriou? |$ian any other in ouv New Zealand ofch|MboU n is the pernicious practice jjfaltewrcg the grafts to rob the {joU "W^^U ' nutriment for twelve months of the year, then mowing down the diy stalks, thatching them round the stems cf the trees nnd sayjpg " I put it? all back around the Sfcemsi^l dpn't rob my orchard," ** It £llljjo^3 i ,bp,ck again," &c. Li^ ffito to me my friends, if you want to\\it,MJlti£ate it, ftoxi't ycu imagine just digging but a lot of post holes and smoking. in two or three, or more dozens of trees no matter .how small or hoWi lA' < gß^^y arp » tllfe y will give you B|tißfadfioov itwill not ; you just fawVVf&ti&r 86H1 : to 2 feet deep iMfd j?la ofc your ; i rees, apple, pea r, j^if, ftfii^jltM, 89 to 40 hoi '

apart. You can plant between them say tomatoes, pumpkins or other > annual crop keeping well away from the permanent trees, and no digging near them just hoeing and ralrinq is i all they want and then after a year or two sow white clover and make a : poultry or pig run keeping the grass feed down as short as the letters on i a new?paper if you like, and you will have fruit in plenty. J. Mayo, Pomologist. --, .^ ■ ■