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buy their trees by the running yard and to get as great a 

 length as possible for their money, can be accommodated 

 by the nurseryman, who will produce the article to order ; 

 but such planters will soon find that their orchards are 

 much less satisfactory than those set with short and 

 stocky trees, and which have been encouraged to branch 

 out so as to form low heads. As set forth in the chapter 

 upon The Nursery, such trees can be produced, and they 

 are greatly to be preferred on many accounts, but their 

 production by the nurserymen must depend upon the in- 

 telligence of the orchardists producing a demand for trees 

 of such a character, and a willingness on their part to pay 

 the grower a liberal price for the increased labor and ex- 

 pense, (in space at least), requisite for their production. 

 This no one should object to, for there is economy in 

 planting good trees ; the successful orchardist will pur- 

 chase the best ; he will not have the refuse or trash that 

 may be offered him at a low figure, for he well knows that 

 it is dear at any price. 



Where it is practicable and within reach, it is best for 

 the planter to visit the nursery and make his own selec- 

 tion of the trees, especially if the demand be for a limited 

 number ; but he may generally depend upon the judgment 

 and honesty of the nurseryman, if he has given his order 

 distinctly as to the shape of the trees he desires to pur- 

 chase. In a common nursery, he will often observe at the 

 ends of the rows, and where there may have been a gap 

 or break in the continuous line of any variety, so that 

 the trees are less crowded, some trees that are better 

 furnished with lateral branches, and are consequently more 

 stocky than where the rows are crowded. Here he will 



