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SECTION I. 



STANDARD APPLE TREES. 



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Choice of a tree. A good apple-tree for 

 setting in an orchard, should be from about 

 seven to eight or ten feet high, and branching 

 out, according to the owners' taste, at any 

 point from four to six or seven feet from the 

 ground. The limbs ought to be well formed, 

 diverging handsomely and equally in every 

 direction, and they, and the trunk also, should 

 'be entirely free from moss or black canker. 

 The length of the scions on the ends of the 

 limbs, is a good criterion of the trees' health* 

 The trunk ought to be straight, smooth and 

 stocky. 



The collar or part of the trunk just at the 

 surface of the ground should be free from 

 the appearance of borers. The root ought to 

 be well formed and, like the top, diverging 

 equally in every direction, having a plentiful 

 supply of fibres, particularly in its outer por- 

 tions. 



