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tion of all kinds of fruit-trees, should be beforehand 

 well loosened and manured by the cultivating of 

 corn, or better still, of vegetables. In strong or moist 

 soils irrigation by drainage or otherwise should be 

 most carefully looked after, because the excess of 

 dampness is injurious to all fruit-lrees. 



Q. At what lime should the planting of the apple- 

 trees take place ? 



A. This planting should nearly ilways take place 

 in the spring. For this purpose one should provide 

 himself with plants the preceeding fail and keep 

 them provisionally laid in the ground during the 

 winter. 



Q. How is this provisional laying done ? 



A. A hole or gutter is dug in loose, dry and well 

 drained soil, such for instance as a garden soil. This 

 hole or gutter should be large enough to receive the 

 roots of the plants arranged in swaths. The plants 

 are laid on the soil, so that the roots and lower part 

 of the sliem may rest in the hole or gutter ; the roots 

 are then covered with about 12 inches of earth at 

 least, and the si.^ms are le'ft exposed to the air, reclin- 

 ing on the soil. 



Q. How is the planting done in the spring } 



The soil of ttie future orchard having been well 

 levelled beforehand, and the holes destined to re- 

 ceive the roots of the iplants being made at proper 

 distances, that is tt€m 20 to SO toet Irom «ach otker 



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