ANOTHER HARDY GARDEN BOOK 



Nearly all fruit trees may be planted in 

 the Fall, but it is better to set them out in 

 the Spring as soon as the ground can be 

 worked. Three-year-old trees are the best 

 to plant, and the same care must be taken 

 in planting fruit trees as with all other 

 trees; the hole must be larger than the 

 roots, all broken and injured roots should 

 be cut off and the earth well packed down 

 and made firm around them. After plant- 

 ing, all trees, bushes and grape-vines should 

 be given a mulch about three or four 

 inches deep of leaves, litter or old manure 

 extending out for a foot beyond the space 

 occupied by the roots. This keeps them 

 moist and assists the tree in making new 

 growth. 



Apples. In gardens, apple trees may be 

 planted from twenty-five to thirty feet 

 apart; in orchards they are usually set 

 forty or more feet apart. The young trees 

 must be well pruned when planted and from 

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