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year, in order to 1)0 able to compensate for the loss of 

 any, hy substituting trees of equal size and vigor. 



This plan presents advantages which will be more 

 largely discussed, but of which the following h a 

 synopsis. 



1. It divides the labor into practicable portions which 

 do not discourage the planter by their magnitude, and 

 the work is better performed than if more were 

 demanded at once. 



2. Manure, which would be difficult to obtain in 

 sufficiently large quantities, for preparing the whole 

 ground well, may be easily procured for one-fourth the 

 area. 



3. In the best selected lot of trees, there will, from 

 various causes, be some that fail in the first two or 

 three years, and if planted in an orchard, would leave 

 an nnsightly blank — or require the planting of a tree 

 that will always break the harmony of the ground, by 

 its smaller size. But trees taken from the near supply 

 will scarcely lose any vigor, by a careful second trans- 

 planting, and not one in a thousand should be lost. 



4. The root-pruning occasioned by removal hastens 

 the bearing of pear-trees, on both pear and quince 

 stocks, many years. 



5. All the nursing whicli young trees especially 

 require is brought within a small compass, and the 

 labor is materially lessened. The mulcliing, tlie hunt 

 for insects, and the washing of the trees, are all per- 

 formed in a small area, and without the fatiguing labor 

 of travelling long distances. The pear tree, above all 

 others, is especially fitted for frequent removals, and 



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