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tree may stand firm, then plow the trenches full, level with 

 a harrow, taking care not to bark the trees. 



G. W. WEBSTER : Colorado soil is rich enough for apple 

 culture, just as it is, if enough water is used. There is no 

 necessity for manuring; but if you must do it, leave the 

 manure on the top of the ground for one year, and then 

 spade or plow under. 



D. S. GRIMES: In this, as in other States, nature, when 

 well studied, will furnish reliable evidence as to best loca- 

 tion in her own tree planting. We find her best specimens 

 growing on a northern exposure, grading east and west. A 

 northern exposure furnishes a more even temperature, is not 

 precipitated into an unreasonable or dangerous growth in 

 early spring. The soil retains coolness and moisture two 

 essential conditions to tree growing. The eastern exposure 

 catches the warm morning sun, starting early the growth, 

 which, as the sun recedes in the west, is gradually prepared 

 for the cool atmosphere of nightfall. In the western ex- 

 posure we find conditions in many respects resembling 

 those of the north. A southern exposure, on account of 

 bad winds and the effects of the sun, is the most unfavor- 

 able for trees but good for vines. Lowland located near 

 streams of water, or where a wet, cold subsoil exists, is very 

 unfavorable to the growth of fruit trees. In regard to soil, 

 it is generally good enough in Colorado in its natural state, 

 but the alluvial soil found near the mountains is undoubt- 

 edly the best. The soil requires no manure until the trees 

 come into bearing. Trees in full fruiting draw heavily on 

 the soil, and a corresponding feeding, or fertilizing, is re- 

 quired to insure perfect crops. 



PLANTING AND CULTIVATION. 



Says Mr. J. H. Newcomb, giving hints on transplant- 

 ing: " In setting out fruit of any kind a person should select 

 high and naturally well-drained ground, that can be irri- 

 gated and has been worked one or two seasons. Plow or 



