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nurseries, in different stages of growth, suited for general 

 planting; and others sufficiently advanced for immediate 

 bearers ; these should be carefully taken up, and replanted. 

 For full information on this subject, the reader is referred to 

 the article, 'On the Choice of Fruit Trees in the Nursery/ 

 page 32. 



Toward the end of the month is a good time to prepare 

 for the cultivation of Cranberries ; they thrive best in a wet 

 soil, but will grow on almost any land, by giving it a top- 

 dressing of peat, bog, or swamp earth. As soon as such ground 

 can be brought into tillable condition, get plants that were 

 produced from layers of the last season, and set them out in 

 rows about two feet apart ; they will soon cover the ground 

 by their runners, which, on being layed, will produce an 

 abundance of plants well adapted for additional plantations 

 in succeeding years. See page 57. 



Provide Cedar or Chestnut stakes for the purpose of 

 driving into the ground, to protect newly planted trees from 

 injury by the wind. 



APRIL. 



No advocate he for a long morning nap, 

 Waking early, he plants ere the rise of the sap ; 

 Whilst glee and good humour enliven his face, 

 More happy, by far, than his Lordship or Grace. 



FINISH pruning hardy fruit trees the early part of this 

 month; also Apricot, 47; Almond, 51; Fig, 63; Mulberry, 

 90; Nectarine, 91; Peach, 104; Plum, 125; not forgetting 

 such trees, vines, and shrubs as may have been left undone 

 last month. At the same time manure and dig the ground 

 around every fruit tree that requires it. 



Prepare the ground for planting, by digging, trenching, 

 and manuring, either generally, or in such particular places 

 as are allotted for the trees to be planted in, page 9. 



