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often be found a convenient arrangement 

 where the whole ground is kept under cul- 

 tivation. 



Transplanting. We have succeeded as 

 well, transplanting the peach in the autumn, 

 as in the spring. Doing the work in autumn, 

 however, we have been very particular to 

 place a good-sized conical mound of soil 

 around the tree, as recommended in section 

 2d. of the Chapter on transplanting. Culti- 

 vators generally, in the northern states, advise 

 to transplant the peach, in the spring; and 

 some think they meet with better success, 

 moving the tree, only two or three days before 

 its blossoms begin to open. Little peach trees, 

 budded the previous autumn, may be quite 

 successfully transplanted, in the spring, with- 

 out injury to the bud. But generally, it is 

 better to wait till the bud has had one year's 

 growth. 



Cultivation. The rules are nearly the same 

 as for the apple and pear. What is called 

 very high cultivation, as we have remarked, 

 is hardly safe in our climate. We may, how- 

 ever, remark that high cultivation is not an 

 offence, often committed by our farmers against 

 the peach, or any other fruit tree. The crim- 



