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T& AN SPL AtffltfG THE QUIHCE. 



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 



Fig. 34. Fig 35. 



TWO METHODS OF HEELING. 



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. 



