JAN. 3 PLANTING. 185 



OF PLANTING FRUIT-TREES. 



IN dry, light soils, fruit- trees may now be plant- 

 ed, provided the weather be fresh, and not over 

 rainy. If the soil be heavy, and if the weather be 

 wet, the operation had better be delayed till next 

 month, or till March. In absorbent soils, perhaps 

 November is the best time to plant ; but in heavy 

 or wet land, March is a better season. Medium 

 soils may very properly be planted in February ; in 

 which month full directions for planting all kinds 

 of fruit-trees will be found. 



If a plantation of these trees, either on walls, or 

 in the orchard be in contemplation, it will be very 

 proper to set about preparing the borders, &c. at 

 this time, if the state of the weather will permit. 

 To this particular, however, many people do not 

 pay the attention it deserves, but plant without be- 

 ing at sufficient trouble in the previous preparation 

 of the soil. On this subject I have been particular 

 in Sections II. and III. ; that is, in so far as relates 

 to the formation of a proper sole or floor for the 

 roots of the trees, and the composition of a fit body 



