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fit. The soil in the orchard should rather be superior 

 than inferior to that of the nursery, and then the growth 

 will receive no check in transplanting. Planters will 

 promote their own interests by noting this, and acting 

 upon it. A good roadster is not obtained by stuffing the 

 colt and starving the horse. 



For the sake of straight rows and uniformity of trees, 

 and ease, convenience, and satisfaction of cultivation, the 

 ground should be level. It should also be free from roots, 

 stones, and other extraneous matter. Every inch of 

 ground is wanted, and the cultivator can ill afford to have 

 any part of his nursery taken up with roots or stones. 

 Besides, they greatly interfere with the tillage, and often 

 ruin a tree by accidentally striking off the bud. Corn 

 stubble, or other land cultivated the preceding season, in 

 hill or drill crop, is best ; for, if the cultivation has been 

 good, it will be clean and mellow, the very thing for the 

 ground- work of a good nursery. 



If the object be to rear trees for market, a site easy of 

 access, on a public road, and near a depot, should be se- 

 lected. This will prove very convenient and advantage- 

 ous. Out-of-the-way places, and those beyond gates and 

 bars, will be expensive. Hands have to be employed, 

 time has to be consumed, delays ensue. All these involve 

 outlay, diminish profits, and injure business. Discard 

 them by seeking a location just at hand. You may have 

 to pay more rent, but that, compared with the subse- 

 quently increased incidental expenses, is nothing. Our 

 advice is, be just in the proper place if you intend to 

 succeed. Such a location, besides its convenience, will be 

 an advertisement a very striking one, and a very widely 

 disseminated one. If the nursery is a fine one, it will 

 elicit general remark and commendation, which will prove 

 highly advantageous to the proprietor. This is especially 

 true in the neighborhood of towns, where people are pass- 

 ing and repassing continually, and where the very sight 



