FRUIT CULTURE— III. 



_>,_ P2 LECTION OF Trees and Planting. 

 ^'^ With all trees a medium-sized 

 healthy tree with g^ood fibrous roots 

 is to be preferred to larger and older 

 stock. If possible it is better to buy the 

 trees from some reliable nurseryman in vour 



own locality. Trees will then not run so 

 many dang-ers in transplanting, and the pur- 

 chaser may often see them dug himself. It 

 makes a considerable difference as to how 

 trees are dug from the nursery row, and 

 there is always gross carelessness in this re- 



spect. Fig. 8 represents the tree as it stands 

 in the nursery row. In Fig. 9 is seen a tree 

 dug as it should be, with a fair proportion 

 of the fibrous roots. Fig. 10 is an example 

 of too many of the trees sent out, and Fig. 

 1 1 represents the worst form. 



In Ontario generally, and with 

 nearly all fruits, spring planting is 

 preferable to planting in the fall. 

 Most nurserymen, however, dig the 

 I trees in the fall, and the purchaser 



is often in a better position to buy 

 them then, and they can be ' heeled 

 in ' for the winter with little trouble 

 or risk. A place where the ground 

 is mellow and well drained should 

 be selected, the bunches of trees 

 should be opened up and the earth 

 well packed in among the roots. If 

 mice are likely to bother, heel in the 

 HomAB trees in an erect position in a shel- 

 tered place. Otherwise a sloping 

 position as in Fig. 12 is better, with earth 

 covering a good part of the stem. 



When trees are received from the nursery 

 in the spring they should also be heeled in 

 carefully till wanted. Too many trees are 

 lost from a neglect of this practice. Any 



