FRUIT TFEES. 65 



As a general rule, trees should be transplanted to the 

 same depth that they stood in the nursery, or where they 

 were grown. Dwarf pear trees are an exception to this 

 rule, and should be planted deep enough for the union of 

 the pear and its quince roots, to be below the surface of 

 the ground, so that natural roots may shoot out from fche 

 pear in course of time, thereby converting the dwarf 

 into a standard tree. 



The object in breaking the land each way as above ad- 

 vised is, in order that the roots may have free access to 

 loose, mallow earth, to run into in every direction from 

 the tree. If only a small number of trees are to be 

 planted, a mattock or spading-fork would suffice, using 

 care to break the ground each way several feet from 

 where the tree is to stand. 



GRAPE-VINES. 



Follow similar directions as for fruit trees. Permit 

 none of the roots to be cramped ; straighten them all out 

 properly. Plant grape-vines eight to sixteen feet apart. 



STRAWBERRIES. 



Plant the strawberry on a psrfect level with the sur- 

 face of the ground, or a little below, never on a ridge or 

 hill, as the plant has a tendency to rise up out of he 

 ground at any rate. Plant eighteen inches apart each 

 way, for a small patch. For field culture, plant in rows 

 three feet apart and twelve inches apart in the rows. 



DISTANCES APART FOR FRUIT TREES AND SHRUBS. 



Easpberries should be four feet apart in mellow soil, 

 and protected from the south-western sun. 



Blackberries should be planted four feet .apart. 



Gooseberries, three feet apart. 



Currants, three feet apart. 



Fig trees, fifteen feet apart on the south side of some 

 house or fence in the climate of Georgia. 



