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germinate and grow. When the trees have well appeared, 

 they should have the ground stirred about them and be 

 worked just about as we work corn through the season, 

 throwing a furrow from them, and then again to them, 

 and cultivating out the middles time and again. Don't 

 fertilize unless the trees make very poor growth, or you 

 are forcing them for June budding. Another method of 

 planting is to spread the seeds over the ground and spade 

 or plough them in, taking up in spring, when sprouting, 

 cracking those not sprouted and transplanting to nursery- 

 row. This way is obviously so inferior to the first plan 

 as to need no further reference. There are other 

 methods of which I will not speak, for the same reason. 

 The rows, to get better light and heat, are recommended 

 by Fulton to be run north and south. Of course should 

 the trees come up too thick they should be thinned, say 

 to four inches, and this will be found close enough to 

 give a good tree and afford room to the budder. The 

 trees should be worked until well advanced, at least into 

 June, and even after that kept clean by hand, if necessary, 

 of all weeds. If you want June-budded trees they had 

 better be forced a little by barn-yard or stable-manure, 

 thoroughly rotted, or by an ammoniated super-phosphate. 



BUDDING. 



What I had to say of the natural seed applies 

 equally to the bud — it should be obtained from a per- 

 fectly healthy tree, from a known variety, and from a 



