the Winter is long and dry. Fall 

 planting is much more successful 

 with the hardy apples and pears than 

 it is with the tender plums, cherries 

 and peaches. 



"The convenience of the season 

 will determine in a majority of cases 

 whether or not the planting shall be 

 done in the Fall or Spring. Very 

 often the rush of the Spring work 

 induces the grower to hurry his plant- 

 ing, or to do it carelessly; and as a 

 result a poor start is secured, with 

 crooked rows. Others have large 

 crops to harvest in the Fall and 

 would find it more convenient to do 

 the planting in the Spring. If there 

 is any doubt as to the best time to 

 plant, let it be in the Spring." 



We now come to the subject of fer- 

 tilization. Up to the time when the 

 young trees come into bearing, 

 cultivation and fertilization will Fertilizing 

 help them enormously, the cul- 

 tivation keeping the soil in condition 

 to hold the moisture of the tree. In 



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