eretion. 
Pudded trees seem preferable to root grafted ones, 
because the danger from crown gall is greater in the latter 
type. The necessary cuts made in root grafting prove easy 
points of infection for the spores of this disease. 
ixcept in the ver. cotdest parts of the state fall 
planting is reccommended, and for several reasons, The 
weather is usually good at this time of the year, and the 
trees can be planted out as late as the last of November, or 
the first of December, Other work is not heavy at this time 
af the year, and labor is not scarce. The trees become well 
established in the ground during the winter, and get an 
earlier start in the spring. The danger of other work or 
bad weather delaying spring planting is overcome, 
{tf spring plenting can be done early, it is entirely 
satisfactory, and late planting is better than no planting 
at all. “Pe point is te de the planting in the fall, or 
before the growth starts én the spring, 
Most of the Maryland scils will grow gocd large trees, 
and forty feet apart each way is about therright distance 
for planting, thus requiring twenty seven trees te tne Bere. 
These are the permanent trees, and since it will be many 
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