WHEN TO PLANT. 1% 
field is never fit for apple trees, and it is especially unfit 
for fall 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 is 
only in much exposed places in our Northern States that 
it is to be practised with caution. We might say, ina 
general way, that north of Boston or Chicago fall plant- _ 
ing may be regarded as hazardous. 
Spring planting is to be recommended in severe cli- 
mates and in exposed places, and especially is it safest in 
stiff and heavy 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 early spring. Trees which are planted in the 
spring should be set as soon as the ground is dry enough 
to be worked. 
