(gaffe's fybamid xbbb.) 



CHAPTER XV. 

 PLANTING, PKVNING, AND TRAINING PRUIT-TREEa, 



488. In selecting trees for planting, it is important to note their different 

 seasons for ripening, and to select the sorts, so that a continuous supply may 

 follow. There are some kinds of fruit which must be consumed when ripe, or 

 preserved in sugar or otherwise, which altogether changes their character. 

 Besides, only a moderate supply of apples and pears need be provided in 

 summer or early autumn, when peaches are in season. Nevertheless, it would 

 be a great mistake to overlook summer apples and pears altogether : many of 

 them are of excellent quality, and form an agreeable addition to the dessert, as 

 well as for kitchen use, even in houses well supplied with peaches, nectarines, 

 and aprioots. In arranging the quarters of the fi-uit-garden,therefore, leaving 



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