PI.ANT ROPES AND FRUIT TREES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 181, 1 August 1936, Page 6 (Supplement)

PI.ANT ROPES AND FRUIT TREES.

The present is the time of the year when any additions to the fruit trees t>r roses should be made. The importance of these two subjects cannot be over-estimated, and every garden should have some,. even if some of the annual flowering plants have to be eliminated. Many consider that, having bought their trees, the only other requirement to cause them to bear fruit or fragrant roses is to dig a hole somewhat less in depth than a post hole, but similar in other dimensions, push the roots into the hole,' and replace the soil and return in a few months for the harvest. This system may be correct for a favoured few, and very few, but it is not many who wish to buy trees every year. As these two subjects, if properly plaftted, will last and give a return for a number of years, it is worth while to be a little more particular in the preparation of the ground than if it were something which would be thrown away- as soon as the flowering season is over.