26 FRUIT CULTURE. 



soaking with water upon finishing the planting, 

 in order still more effectually to settle the soil 

 around the roots. Yet judgment is to be used as 

 to the amount. A cold, wet, stagnant condition 

 of the roots is very injurious, preventing the 

 formation of new rootlets at the critical time. 

 Many a newly planted tree has been injured by 

 continued and excessive watering. 



TIME TO PLANT. 



The fall is a good time to plant all hardy 

 trees, provided the work is done thoroughly, so 

 that the trees will not be shaken by the winds, 

 and the roots will remain compact in the soil. 

 If planted early in autumn young rootlets will 

 often form, even before winter sets in. There 

 can be no doubt that a tree thus set will make a 

 better start and more speedy growth than if 

 transplanted in the spring following. 



Doubtless the practice of fall planting has 

 been prejudiced by careless work, leaving cavi- 

 ties among the roots, and planting so loosely that 

 taU shade trees, especially, are swayed by the 

 winds, and the roots are more or less drawn and 

 disturbed ; thus not only losing all the advantage 

 of time, but also causing a friction and exposu.re 

 which often prove fatal. Newly set trees are, 

 of course, less able to endure hardship, and it is 



