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tfee time of planting let the holes be dug somewhat larger 

 than is sufficient to admit the roots in their natural position, 

 and of sufficient depth to allow of a foot of rich and well 

 pulverized mould to be thrown in before the trees are 

 planted. 



In transplanting fruit trees, they should be placed two 

 or three inches deeper than they were in the nursery bed, 

 and the earth intending for filling in, should be enriched and 

 vrell pulverized by mixing in some good old manure, and if 

 any leaves, decayed brush, rotten wood, potatoe tops, or 

 other refuse of a farm be attainable, let such be used around 

 the trees in filling, taking care that the best pulverized 

 mould be admitted among the fine roots. The trees in 

 planting should be kept at ease, and several times shaken, 

 so as to cause an equal distribution of the finer particles of 

 earth to be connected with the small fibres of the roots; 

 and when completely levelled, let the ground be well trodden 

 down and moderately watered, which should be repeated 

 occasionally after spring planting, if the weather should 

 prove fry. 



As some difference of opinion exists among practical men 

 as to the best time for planting fruit trees, the folio wing extract 

 from Mr. Prince's Treatise on Horticulture is submitted : 



"SEASONS FOR TRANSPLANTING. Spring is the season 

 when we find the most pleasure in making our rural irar 

 provements, aivj from this circumstance probably it has 

 become the general season for planting trees, but experi- 

 ence has proved the Fall planting to be the most successful, 

 especially in those parts of the United States which are 

 subject to droughts, as the trees planted in Autumn suffer 

 little or none from drought, when those set out in Spring 

 often perish in consequence of it. Notwithstanding, with 

 regard to those fruits that hare been originally brought from 

 warmer climates, such as the Peach, Apricot, Nectarine, 

 and Almond, which are natives of Persia, Armenia, &c., it 

 is necessary for us to consult the operations of climate also; 

 and, from a consideration of those attendant circumstances, 

 I have come to the following conclusions. In localities 



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