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RICHARD FROTSCHER'S ALMANAC! AND GARDEN MANUAL 



LIST OF A FEW VARIETIES OF ACCLIMATED FRUIT TREES, 



SUITABLE FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 



HOW TO PLANT TKEES. 



Although there are numerous books and 

 papers published on arboriculture, giving ne- 

 cessary informations how to plant trees, and yet 

 I am so often asked by some of my customers 

 how to plant and prepare the soil for fruit 

 trees, I deem it necessary to give here some 

 short instructions. 



Make the ground thorotighly mellov/ at least 

 15 inches deep and 3 or "4 feet wide each way, 

 if holes are to be dug; thorough plowing of 

 entire plat is preferable if it can be done. 

 Prune the tree close; straighten out roots 

 «venly, having the tree standing the same 



depth it was in Nursery; work fine, mellow 

 soil (but no manure) among the roots, and 

 w^hen they are all covered an inch or two, press 

 the soil very firmly down with the foot or a 

 broad ended maul, after which fill up evenly 

 with loose soil, over which place a mulch of 

 rotten straw, or manure, 3 or 4 inches deep, 

 extending 3 feet every way from the tree. 

 Whether the mulch is put on or not, keep the 

 soil well cultivated about the tree. In this 

 climate all trees should be headed low and 

 leaned a little to the northwest when plani«d. 



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Le Conte Pear. 



