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Jd is never fit for apple trees, and it is especially unfit 

 for fail planting. Trees must be set so firmly that winds 

 will not rack and twist them. In severe climates fall 

 planting is often hazardous, although much care may be 

 taken. The climates of Massachusetts and Lower Mich- 

 igan are not usually too severe for fall planting. It k- 

 only in much exposed places in our Northern States that 

 it is to be practised with caution. We might say, in a 

 general way, that north of Boston or Chicago fall plant • 

 ing may be regarded as hazardous. 



Spring planting is to ue recommended in severe cli« 

 mates and in exposed places, and especially is it safest in 

 stiff and lieavy soils where the effect of freezing and 

 thawing is disastrous to fall planted trees, and where the 

 hardening of the soil prevents their roots from starting 

 readily in cr.rly spring. Trees which are planted in the 

 spring should be set as soon as the ground is dry enough 

 to be worked. 



