86 THE CULTURE OF 



Directions for planting the Beds. 



vent the young wood becoming shrivelled 

 or dry, to the injury of fruit buds formed 

 for the following season, and which will ren- 

 der watering in the spring less necessary. 



Planting the Beds. 



In preparing to plant, with a shovel or 

 broad spade make even the surface ; when 

 place a line throughout the bed eight inches 

 distant from the south side, and measure off 

 the distances for the plants in the rows ex- 

 actly three feet apart; and on the south 

 side the line placing small sticks or other 

 marks regularly close to the line through- 

 out the bed, whereby to plant the young trees 

 without the ground being trampled by the 

 persons digging, or holding the young trees. 

 Begin to plant at either end, by throwing the 

 soil away from out of the first hole; when 

 apply the plant, and earth it up with soil 

 from the second mark, thus completing 



