APPLES. CULTIVATION. 99 



BLEDON DEUX ANS. HOARY MORNING. HUGH'S GOLDEN 

 PIPPIN. KIRKE'S LORD NELSON. LEMON PIPPIN. MAR- 

 MALADE PIPPIN, (Welch.) NORFOLK STORING. NORTHERN 

 GREENING. STRIPED HOLLAND PIPPIN. WALTHAM AB- 

 BEY SEEDLING. YORKSHIRE GREENING. 



CULTIVATION, &c. 



The seeds or pomace of the apple should be sown in 

 autumn in a rich soil. When the young plants appear in 

 spring, they should be carefully thinned to the distance of 

 two inches asunder, and kept free from weeds by carefully 

 hoeing during the remainder of the season, or till of suf- 

 ficient size to be removed. 



At one or two years of age, they are taken up, their tap 

 roots shortened, that they may throw out lateral roots ; they 

 are transferred to the nursery, set in rows about four feet 

 asunder, and at one foot distance from each other in the 

 row, in a rich and loamy soil. In the summer following, 

 they are inoculated, or they are engrafted or inoculated the 

 year following. 



SIZE AND AGE FOR TRANSPLANTING TO THE ORCHARD. 



An apple tree, when finally transplanted to the orchard, 

 ought to be at least six or seven feet high, with branches 

 in proportion, and full two years from the bud or graft, 

 and thrifty. Apple trees under this size belong properly 

 only to the nursery. 



DISTANCE. 



The distance asunder to which apple trees should be 

 finally set, when transplanted to the orchard, depends upon 

 the nature of the soil, and the cultivation to be subsequent- 

 ly given. If the soil is by nature extremely fertile, forty 

 feet distance may be allowed, and even forty-five and fifty 

 feet in some very extraordinary situations ; for before the 

 trees become old, they will completely shade the ground. 



