PLANNING FOR THE TREES 83 
teresting, and I do not see exactly how to treat 
it. Apple trees are pretty at most times, and 
picturesque when old. You can put them there, 
if you will seed the ground and treat it as part 
of the lawn. I hate your old straight rows, but 
I suppose you must have them.” 
«Yes, I guess I shall have to have straight 
rows, but I will agree to the lawn plan after the 
third year. You must give me a chance to culti- 
vate the land for three years.” 
Your tree-man must be absolutely reliable. 
You have to trust him much and long. Not 
only do you depend upon him to send you good 
and healthy stock, but you must trust, for five 
years at least, that this stock will prove true to 
name. The most discouraging thing which can 
befall a horticulturist is to find his new fruit 
false to purchase labels. After wait, worry, and 
work he finds that he has not what he expected, 
and that he must begin over again. It is cold 
comfort for the tree-man to make good his 
guarantee to replace all stock found untrue, 
for five years of irreplaceable time has passed. 
When you have spent time, hope, and expecta- 
tion as well as money, looking for results which 
do not come, your disappointment is out of all 
proportion to your financial loss, be that never 
so great. In the best-managed nurseries there 
will be mistakes, but the better the management 
the fewer the mistakes. Pay good prices for 
young trees, and demand the best. There is 
