Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Compost for orange trees

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Compost for orange trees

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A recipe for compost attributed to Mr. Belton and dated 1815.

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Compost for Orange
Trees. Belton 1815

Yellow Loam
Rotten for Dung
Leaf Mould -
of each an equal
quantity well mixed
together.

the leaves of the Orange
trees to be well cleaned
with a sponge & the
trees never moved
out of the House for
more than one or two
Days in Summer -

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Original Format

Ink on paper

Citation

Belton, Mr. , “Compost for orange trees,” Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, accessed April 25, 2024, https://cwfjdrlsc.omeka.net/items/show/537.
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