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on all sides, and laid out straight in a line ; the 

 roots of the trees are then placed in them, covered with 

 well loosened earth slightly pressed with the fool, 

 and each tree is fastened to a prop. These p:ops or 

 pickets should be placed in oUch a manner, that the 

 fastening which binds them to the tree or the pickets 

 themselves, do not injure the trees. 



Q. What should be the dimensions of the holes in 

 which apple-trees are to be planted ? 



A. These holes should have from 3 to 4 feet in 

 diameter so as to allow the roots to spread themsel- 

 ves out easily and not become entangled, and should 

 be from 2 to 2^ feet deep. If the holes have been 

 dug the preceeding fall, so much the better. 



Q. Please state what important care the apple 

 trees require after they have been planted, and dur- 

 ing the two or three following years ? 



A. The principal precautions to be taken, are 

 lo to see that they are watered from time to time, 

 especially during the first year, when the prolonged 

 droughts set in ; 2^ to have the grass which grows 

 around the foot of each tree, removed and the soil 

 kept well loosened ; 3« to cause a little well rotten 

 dung, — never green dung,— to be spread every year 

 on the earth which covers the roots ; 4« the branches 

 should be cut or nipped, so as to give each tree a good 

 appearance ; 5*^ during the three or four first years, 

 before the snow falls, the branches should be united 



