PRUNING AT TRANSPLANTING, 



AND FOR TWO OR THREE YEARS THEREAFTER OF THF 

 APPLE, PEAR, PLUM, PEACH, GRAPE, TC. 



Trees received from the dealers, in the hands of nurse- 

 rymen, are often, we regret to say, so wretchedly taken 

 up and packed as to be almost worthless. Again there 

 are men who as tree dealers, are just as reliable and hon- 

 est as the man for whom they take an order. The 

 buyer must beware of an agent that has no vouchers of 

 the fact that he is their agent, and his beat, like a police- 

 man's, is over a certain territory. 



Now, when we write for the public, as to how to treat 

 these trees, when received, and how to prune them at 

 transplanting, we have a wide field to fill. We expect 

 criticism from every tree salesman and so, more or less 

 from those who send out their agents. - Nevertheless, 

 we will and must say here, and forever hereafter, that 

 the planting of orchards, and culture of fruits, is largely 

 due to the tree agents, who have engaged in the going 

 among our comparatively isolated people, and showing 

 them specimens of fruits; also colored illustrations of the 

 same, with a promise to deliver trees that will produce 



