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rows five or six feet apart, that carrots, potatoes, 

 or bush beans may be planted between them. This 

 will be an inducement to keep the nursery clean 

 Cherries, peaches, plumbs, and other stone fruit, 

 should be planted while the stones are moist, or 

 with the meat on them. In this way they come 

 up with more certainty. It is a good practice to 

 plant the seeds in beds, and to remove the young 

 trees to the nursery. This will give an opportU' 

 nity of early removing the tap root, and of increa- 

 sing and directing the lateral roots. The dwarfs 

 in a nursery arc not worth cultivating, and ought 

 to be removed; there are commonly enougb thrif 

 ty trees without them. 



In taking up trees, care should be used not to 

 injure the roots. The tap roots should be cut off, 

 the broken roots pruned with a sharp knife, and 

 the lateral roots should be carefully preserved, 

 anr should have sufficient room in the ground to 

 s|:iv;ad. The trees when set out should, have the 

 same aspect, as when standing in the nursery. 

 It is jseful to place a small quantity of hay or 

 straw around them, to prevent the sun from taking 

 up too much of the moisture, and to keep the 

 ground from becoming dry and hard. This should 

 be removed before snow falls, lest it harbour mice. 



On dry land, not exposed to be moved by fi-ost, 

 transplanting is safest and best in autumn; other- 

 wise in the spring. Trees are more thrifty,, will 

 bear sooner, and more plentitully, near fences, 

 and will less incommode the cultivation of the 

 field. 



In forming the bead of the tree, all the limbs, 

 which will be likely to rub across other limbs, 

 should be early removed. By neiilecting to do 

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