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out upon very dry land, plant the trees quite 

 as deep as they grew in the nursery, and give 

 them a rich, generous soil around their roots, 

 and a heavy mulching also. We cannot im- 

 press it too strongly upon the reader's mind, 

 that drainage is necessary in quite moist land, 

 and that a deep, rich fertile soil is essential to 

 the success of an orchard, wherever it may 

 be situated. 



Distance. Apple-trees may be set for a 

 limited time, say fifteen feet apart j and, when 

 they become half grown, every second row 

 each way may be removed to some other place, 

 leaving the remaining rows thirty feet apart 

 each way. Full grown apple-trees require to 

 stand from thirty to forty feet apart, and this 

 is the proper distance for setting a permanent 

 orchard. 



Transplanting. We have already given 

 all necessary directions for transplanting 

 trees. The apple will bear more abuse in the 

 planter's hands, than some other trees. But, 

 by all means, let this work be done well, or 

 not at all ; for an extra half hour's labor, and 

 twenty-five cents' worth of rich soil at set- 

 ting, will be re-paid to the planter an hundred 

 fold in the improved growth and healthiness 

 of the trees. ' 



