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cuttings, another for seeds, etc. In setting apart ground 

 for the different kinds of trees, if there be a choice, the 

 pear should have the deepest and best, the plum the most 

 compact or clayey, the peach, apricot, cherry, etc., the 

 lightest and driest. 



6th. Exposure. Nursery ground for fruit trees should be 

 well elevated, but not fully exposed to the prevailing high 

 winds, as the young trees are apt to be broken off during 

 the first year's growth if not kept well tied up to stakes. 

 In our section, we find it very advantageous to have some 

 protection from the west winds especially, though we 

 sometimes have a south wind quite destructive to the 

 young buds in exposed places. Situations into which the 

 snow is liable to drift should be avoided, in sections 

 where heavy snow-storms prevail, for sometimes vast 

 quantities of trees are broken down in corners of fences 

 and sheltered situations where the snow accumulates in 

 heavy drifts. 



7th. Hotation or Succession of Crops. This is quite as 

 important in the management of the nursery as of the 

 farm. Not more than one crop of one species should be 

 planted on the same ground, and those of the most oppo- 

 site character should follow one another. Where one 

 species is grown on the same ground for eight or ten 

 years, it is found by experience that even the most liberal 

 manuring fails to produce such fine, sound, healthy, and 

 vigorous trees as new ground without manure. Where 

 land is scarce, and it is necessary to use the same ground 

 for the same kind of trees, it should at least be allowed 

 one, but much better, two or three seasons' rest, and be 

 well supplied with such material as the trees to be grown 

 in it require, in the largest quantities, or in which the soil 

 is found to be most deficient. Our own practice is to seed 

 down with clover, and break up the second or third year; 

 giving before plowing a dressing of manure, adapted in 

 quantity and quality to the wants of the soil. 



