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the fall and heeled in — so as to be ready 

 for use exactly when the soil is right. 



Never plant anything but stocky trees ; 

 and after you have found a nurseryman 

 who knows how to grow trees, tell him just 

 what you want, and he will probably supply 

 it. As a rule do not buy little trees, by 

 mail. This might do with rare things, but 

 it is nonsense with apples and pears. The 

 little things are liable to damage in many 

 ways, and must be cut sharply back, near 

 the ground, to make new trunks. Whip 

 stalks, either in fruit or shade trees, are of 

 no value. It will take ten or fifteen years 

 to make anything of them, unless you cut 

 them sharp to the ground — just above the 

 graft. As a rule also even stocky trees 

 must be sharply pruned. The best way is 

 to ask your nurseryman to do it for you, 

 unless you are sure of your own skill. 

 Peach trees should be cut to a clean pole, 

 and all other fruit trees left with only very 

 short spurs. Cut pear trees back to two or 

 three feet, and apples to three or four. 



The handling of evergreens is a matter 

 by itself. The first rule is never to let the 

 sun or the air touch the roots ; keep them 

 wet all the time, and thoroughly puddle 

 them as soon as placed in the ground. 

 Then mulch them very heavily, with any- 

 thing at hand, old straw, or grass, or any 

 waste material. If a dry spell occurs keep 

 them soaked, for the first few weeks. In 

 this way you can move a very large ever- 

 green, but otherwise you will lose even 

 small ones. Shear them into shape, and 

 shear sharply, as soon as dug; but never 

 cut a limb back of the needles or leaves. 

 If you do, that limb is permanently ruined. 

 Later trimming will work in the same way. 

 Too much mulching cannot be done for an 

 evergreen hedge, not for the first five years. 



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