44 HINTS OX PROFITABLE FRUIT GROWING. 



can be managed, and when the soil is moderately dry, if 

 on heavy land. Trees are likely to do best when they 

 are planted early in October, or before December, as the 

 roots are able to get a little hold then, before severe 

 weather sets in. 



There is often a great deal of mischief done by 

 planting too deeply. If " dwarf" trees, the roots should 

 be put in as near the surface as possible, so that the sun 

 and manure may easily get at them. 



When trees are not giving good crops, they can be 

 often greatly benefited by careful " root pruning " or 

 transplanting early in October or November. To do 

 this pruning the trees should have a trench cut round 

 them at two to ten feet from the trunks, according to 

 their age, and after all the wood roots are carefully cut 

 all round, a dressing of manure or old decayed turf will 

 do good. But root pruning may do injury to the 

 growth of trees already fertile. If small trees must be 

 moved during summer, this can be done without much 

 risk when the ground is well watered the previous night, 

 in dull weather ; and a wetted sack or cloth should be 

 wrapped round the roots, as soon as they are out of the 

 soil, till the tree is replanted. 



