Hanging round the walls of the office of the Marton orchard instructor (Mr. M. Davey) is a root, 27 feet long, off a 12-year-old apple tree. The root was cut about six feet from the tree, so that its actual length was 33 feet. Mr. Davey uses this specimen as an example to illustrate the fallacy, common among home gardeners particularly, of applying manures at the base of a tree within a three-foot circle. Mr. Davey considers that, after trees are. three years old, they are so well footed that the only effective means of manuring is by making a general application throughout the orchard, so ensuring that the terminal roots, which are the feeding roots, will be able to absorb the manure.
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Putaruru Press, Volume VI, Issue 229, 22 March 1928, Page 6
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