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ing, trenching, ploughing, &c. If this is not done to its full 

 extent, it should be done in strips of at least six feet in width 

 along where the fruit trees are to be planted, and at the time 

 of planting let the holes be dug somewhat larger than is 

 sufficient to admit the roots in their natural position, and of 

 sufficient depth to allow of a foot of rich and well-pulverized 

 mould to be thrown in before the trees are planted. 



In transplanting trees, they should not be placed more than 

 an inch or two deeper than they were in the nursery bed, and 

 the earth intended for filling in should be enriched and well 

 pulverized by mixing in some good old manure ; and if any 

 leaves, decayed brush, rotten wood, potato tops, or other 

 refuse of a farm, are attainable, let such be used around the 

 trees in filling, taking care that the best pulverized mould is 

 admitted among the fine roots. The trees in planting should 

 be kept at ease, and several times shaken, so as to cause an 

 equal distribution of the finer particles of earth to be con- 

 nected with the small fibres of the roots ; and when com- 

 pletely levelled, let the ground be well trodden down and 

 moderately watered, which should be repeated occasionally 

 after spring planting, if the weather should prove dry. 



As some difference of opinion exists among practical men 

 as to the best time for planting fruit trees, the following 

 extract from Mr. Prince's Treatise on Horticulture is sub- 

 mitted : 



" SEASONS FOR TRANSPLANTING. Spring is the season 

 when we find the most pleasure in making our rural improve- 

 ments, and from this circumstance, probably, it has become 

 the general season for planting trees ; but experience has 

 proved autumn planting to be the most successful, especially 

 in those parts of the United States which are subject to 

 droughts, as trees planted in autumn suffer little or none 

 from drought, when those set out in spring often perish in 

 consequence of it. Notwithstanding, with regard to those 

 fruits that have been originally brought from warmer cli- 



