16 CORDON TRAINING. 



CHAP. III. 

 SEASONS FOR PLANTING AND PRUNING. 



THE season for planting is a busy, and it must be 



i confessed, a somewhat harassing period. It is 

 "dig sine otio." The time which succeeds the 

 ; first rest of the sap, that is, the early part of win- 

 ter, is the most suitable for the work in hand. If 

 neglected, then that period which immediately 

 precedes the first movements of vegetation is the 

 best. 



As to young trees in the Orchard-house, any': 

 time during winter will do for them. If they 

 are ready to bear, of course, the less they are dis- 

 turbed late in the season the better their chance 

 of setting their crop will be. But then, these 

 trees can be bought now ready potted, and thus a 

 new house may be stocked at any time. If des- 

 tined to continue in pots, when carefully packed, 

 no injury is done to them, and if for plantation in 

 the borders, they are equally ready, summer and 

 winter, with ordinary care ; and therefore a tree 



