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Objection to planting in bieptember. 



quantities of good fruit may be obtained the 

 first summer; but if later planted, the pro- 

 duction of the first season will be propor- 

 tionably less. 



The chief objection to planting these 

 trees early in September, and before the 

 leaves are wholly fallen, may be that the 

 ground in a dry autumn is often insuffici- 

 ently moist ; but this inconvenience will be 

 easily remedied, by earthing up the sides of 

 the trenches in which they are planted, and 

 affording the bed an ample supply of water, 

 with a pot having a rose, immediately after 

 planting, making the soil muddy wet ; 

 which is all that can possibly be required, 

 and by which, during the continuance of 

 mild weather, young fibrous roots will be 

 freely produced, that they will be securely 

 established against the drought of the fol- 

 lowing spring. 



