CHAPTER VIII. 



SELECTION, ARRANGEMENT, AND TRANSPLANTATION. 



§ I. SELECTION OF THE TREE : THE APPLE ROOT-GRAFTED TREES 



HEIGHT OF THE TREE NO CRITERION OF ITS VALUE WHERE TIIET 



SHOULD LIMB THE PEACH THE VINE THE CURRANT AND GOOSE- 

 BERRY THE STRAWBERRY, RASPBERRY, AND BLACKBERRY. § II. AR- 

 RANGEMENT : INTENSIVE PLANTING A GARDEN OF ONE SQUARE ROD 



A GARDEN OF SIXTEEN SQUARE RODS APPLE ORCHARDS — SQUARE 



PLANTING FOR THE PEAR QUINCUNX DISTANCES, AND NUMBER OF 



TREES UPON AN ACRE. § III. THE TRANSPLANTATION: SEASON OF 



CONDITIONS MOST FAVORABLE TO — DEPTH OF THE DWARF PEAR 



MANNER OF OPERATION THE MOVEMENT OF LARGE TREES BY MA- 

 CHINERY. 



§ I. SELECTION OF THE TREE. 



ERE it is generally best to confide in the 

 judgment of a trushvorthj nurseryman. Above 

 all, avoid purchasing cheap trees, which drag out a 

 miserable existence for a few years, only in the end 

 to waste the capital and to disappoint the reasonable 

 expectations of the cultivator who spends time and 

 money in the preparation of the soil. Many per- 

 sons, on account of the purchase of inferior stock, 

 become disgusted with fruit-culture, and conclude 

 that it requires more experience than they possess. 

 A good tree will always command its full value, 

 and those which are sold at a cheap rate are, para- 



