CHAPTER VIII. 



SELECTIOlSr AND PLANTING. 



IMPORTANCE OP JtTDIOIOUS SELECTION — LARQE TKBES NOT DESIRABM 



— THKIPTT TOCBO TREES PREFERRED — REASONS FOR THE PREFER-' 

 ENCE — ADVANTAGES OP SMALLER TREES — LOW HEADS AND THF 

 PROTECTION BT LATERAL BRANCHES — PERSONAL INSPECTION AND 

 SELECTION RECOMMENDED — DIGGING THE TREES — CAREFCLLir 

 AVOID MUTILATION OF THE ROOTS — PUDDLING — TYING AND LABEL- 

 ING — PACKING — AVOID EXPOSURE TO SUN, AND WIND, AND PBO^T 



— TREATMENT OF FROZEN TREES IN COLD WEATHER — HEELInIb- 

 IN — MULCHING — MAKING RECORD — DRIED TREES, HOW RESTORED 



— SEASON FOR PLANTING — BANKING THE TREES — MULCHING — 

 DISTANCE BETWEEN TREES — DEPENDENT UPON THE HABIT "OF THE 

 VARIETY — ASSORTING THE VARIETIES ACCORDING TO SIZE — 

 CLOSE PLANTING — COMBINATION PLANTING — DIFFERENT CROPS — 

 APPLES AND PEACHES, OR CHERRIES — SMALL FRUITS BETWEEN — 

 ORDER OP PLANTATION — QUINCUNK — ASSORTING VARIETIES -r 

 CONVENIENCE IN HARVESTING TO HAVE EACH KIND GROTTFS^ 

 TOGETHER. ^ 



We now come to the consideration of a matter of great 

 importance to the success of the future orchard — the 

 selection of the plants we are to set therein. No matter 

 how favorable the site, how good the soil, nor how thor- 

 ough the preparations may have been ; all may be spoiled 

 by a bad selection of trees, and subsequent disappoint- 

 ment will be the consequence. 

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