TRANSPLANTING THE QUINCE. 51 
of the ninety-one. In tree planting, as elsewhere, ‘‘ haste 
makes waste.” If worth doing at all, it is worth doing 
right. 
The quince should not be planted in grain or grass, 
and especially a clover sod. Low, hoed crops, like beans 
or turnips, can be cultivated among the trees when small, 
because their culture necessitates fertilizing and stirring 
the ground; but as soon as the trees get large, nothing 
else should be allowed to grow among them. If the 
roots happen to get frozen while above ground, they will 
die if thawed in the air; but if buried in the soil, and 
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allowed to thaw there, they will live and grow. To 
freeze and thaw in the earth does them no apparent harm. 
If a tree has become dry and shriveled in transpor- 
tation, its plumpness may be restored by burying both 
top and roots for a few days; but if put in water, it 
may become water-soaked, and so fail. The stem and 
branches of a newly transplanted tree may be greatly 
benefited by watering before the leaves appear, especially 
when there has been much loss of the roots. When the 
trees come to the planter from a nursery, it is best to 
heel them in at once; for there is no way in which they 
can be kept so well as in the earth. Once properly 
heeled in, the planter can take time to plant each tree. 
