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of fine trees is an incitement to plant an orchard, as well 

 as a recommendation of the trees themselves. We could 

 give instances of large and profitable sales, referable to 

 location alone. 



A planter who intends rearing merely for his own use, 

 will not be influenced by these considerations, and will 

 consult his taste or special convenience. 



In selecting a site for a nursery then, let it be a dry, 

 light sandy soil, free from stones, and easy of access. 



CHAPTER IL 



SEED. 



The seed should be selected with great care. A mis- 

 take here is radical, and cannot be corrected afterwards, 

 as some others can. It is even more important to have 

 good peach seed than good seed wheat or corn ; for, in 

 the case of peaches, the orchard is to last for ten, fifteen, 

 or even twenty years, while in that of wheat or corn it is 

 only for a single season. In the latter, one crop only is 

 injured ; in the former, ten, or a score. The seed should 

 be healthy. The least appearance of disease in the trees 

 should decide every prudent man to reject the seed of 

 those trees when selecting for himself, and every honest 

 one when selecting to sell. For if diseased seed be used, 

 the young tree will not only be feeble and sickly, but the 

 disease will most probably be disseminated in all direc- 

 tions, and communicated toother trees, and thus incalcula- 

 ble injury be done. Indeed, the man who sells promiscu- 

 lously a drove of cattle infected with rinderpest, does 

 not do half so much injury as the one who disseminates 

 diseased peach trees. 



