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cared for, and, perchance, a cold winter might immediately follow 
and destroy them, much to thy disappointment and loss; but as 
thou plantest thy other crops so shouldst thou plant thy trees, some 
each year, as I have repeatedly commanded, and success will surely 
crown thy efforts, and thou wilt be blessed with an abundance of 
apples during all the years that thou sojournest in the land of thy 
fathers. 
VIII. Thou must not kill thy newly planted trees with kindness 
—that is to put alarge quantity of water about the roots every day, 
as itis death to them to be continually in water; but must plant in 
moist earth, made so by rains and snows or by water carried from a 
well or spring; and after planting thou must immediately place 
some straw or litter about the tree to keep said moisture there and 
not allow the tender roots to dry up and wither. Thou must 
also educate and learn thyself or thy boys, or have the same 
done by others, to increase the hardiness and longevity of thy 
trees by budding and grafting them onthe most hardy and vigor- 
ous stocks that thou canst find, ever remembering that the stock 
must be free from the dread disease called blight and must be a 
rank, strong grower to keep pace with the top. This work will not 
only be useful and beneficial, but it will interest thy sons in the 
business of apple growing; and by planting some of these hardy 
trees for stocks each year to graft and bud onto, thou wilt be 
able to change some of thy trees for the better each succeeding 
year; and by spending a few hours each week pruning and trim- 
ming them, they will soon have shapely tops and produce more 
apples and live longer than the same varieties on their own roots. 
IX. Thou must not depend on getting apples for thyself and 
family by buying or stealing them from thy neighbor, providing 
thou hast a suitable location for an orchard, but if thou hast in 
thy possessions no good place, then it will be better and more 
honorable to thyself and to thy family and much more satisfactory 
to thy neighbor to buy his apples for a price, even if it be paid in 
silver, than to steal them, and thy family will be more likely to 
havea better supply. Remember, if thou plantest an orchard in 
the way I have commanded and carest for it asI have directed, that 
when the young trees begin to bear they be not allowed to injure 
themselves by overbearing; better, by far, pick off some of the 
fruit and cast it away,than to allow them to destroy their vitality 
by an overburden of fruit. When thy trees begin to bear be sure 
and fertilize so that the roots will have abundance of nourishment. 
X. Thou must not covet thy neighbor’s orchard, but plant one of 
thine own on the best site obtainable, planting varieties as heretofore 
commanded, and in addition find those that have borne profitably 
in thine own neighborhood for many years before and after the 
hardest winters; then take time in the eleventh month and cut off 
the past season’s growth of cions for grafting; then procure roots of 
one year’s growth, and in winter when the blasts of the north make 
it unpleasant to remain on the outside, thou canst sit by thy fire and 
do thy grafting and set some of them in the ground the coming 
spring right where thou intendest thy orchard to grow. These 
