2'24 PROPER SEASONS AND METHODS 



or February ; the trees should be carefully taken 

 up, with good full roots, and if convenient, to 

 remove them with balls of earth, it will be of 

 grat advantage, when intended to be forced the 

 same season. 



The trees (except those that may be brought 

 in with round heads in pots or otherwise, for 

 forcing in the centre of the house) ought to be at 

 least two years trained in the wall-tree order ; 

 and for peaches, nectarines, and apricots, where 

 the house is chiefly to be devoted to their forcing, 

 I would recommend one row at the back of the 

 house, planted against a neat trellis of thin wood 

 or wire work, fixed near to the wall, about eight 

 or ten feet apart. These should be dwarfs, and 

 be careful not to plant them too deep, only 

 thoroughly cover the roots, leaving the stem of 

 the stock as much above ground as you con- 

 veniently can, to prevent the tree sinking below 

 where it was budded ; and if required to have 

 the back wall covered early, some standards or 

 half standards, with stems three or four feet high, 

 according to the height of the house, may be 

 planted between the dwarfs, but these should be 



