PART SECOND. 



MANAGEMENT OF THE NURSERY. 



CHAPTER I. 



ON LAYING OUT THE NURSERY. 



ART. 1. On the Selection of the Ground. 



UNDER the head of Nursery I shall take into con- 

 sideration the culture of fruit trees in their infant 

 state, and in order to condense the subject, I shall 

 confine it strictly, to a piece of ground adapted for 

 raising young fruit trees in a healthy vigorous state 

 for replanting in the Fruit Garden or Orchard. 



The selecting a piece of ground for a nursery is 

 of more importance than is generally considered, 

 because, young trees should always be well grown, 

 which is to say, in a healthy and symmetrical man- 

 ner, and hence the name Nursery. Whilst on this 

 part of my subject, I cannot refrain from making 

 some remarks on the very improper modes often 

 adopted in raising young fruit trees, especially in 

 country places. Many persons who have land to 

 spare, think that to appropriate a spot to the 

 growth of young trees, and merely to plant, inocu- 

 late, &c., is all that is needful to produce good 



