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very little practice will enable one to do this successfully. 

 Borers do not like to descend inside of the coil to deposit 

 their eggs, while by slipping up the coil their presence can 

 easily be detected. I have not yet gone over the whole 

 orchard, and regard it rather as an experiment, with the hope 

 that it may, at least, partially succeed in warding oft* these 

 much to be dreaded enemies. 



Subsequent Treatment. 



Durino- the autimin I turned two back furrows against each 

 tree in one-half of the orchard so as to form a square in 

 which the tree stood. The furrow left was just outside the 

 original hole. I threw out the soil from the bottom of the 

 furrow on the four sides of the square, picked up the subsoil 

 and chopped in manure, and also put a little manure above it 

 and covered it. This with the previous manure will give a 

 ^''square meal" for the tree every day for two or three years, 

 and avoid what should always be guarded against — a check 

 in the growth of the tree. The coming spring I propose to 

 graft the largest stocks and follow it up from year to year as 

 fast as they are of suitable size for the purpose. 



Reflections and Suggestions. 



Many persons look upon such a course as I have pursued 

 as one involving much labor, but the planting of trees in the 

 way I have described can be rapidly done, and well done, by 

 taking hold of it in a resolute manner. I see nothing in my 

 course that I could have well omitted, and I now see no 

 reason why every one of my one hundred and sixty trees may 

 not live and thrive. If they do, it will be the result of pains- 

 taking. 



Some persons would object to setting out seedling stocks 

 so old as mine. It should be stated that Mr. Robinson took 

 good care of his trees by keeping them carefully trimmed. 

 Too many seedling nurseries are ruined from neglect to trim 

 them from year to year. My past experience has been in 



