1 02 Practical Orcharding On Rough Lands. 



prospective planter when choosing nursery 

 stock. The small willowy Jonathan may be 

 just as well grown according to its habits of 

 growth, as the straight heavy Stark, which is 

 much larger. 



Free From Insects. — There are manv trees 

 that are infested with scale when set, notwith- 

 standing the fact that the States' Inspectors are 

 as diligent as possible. It is almost an utter 

 impossibility for every tree to be carefully ex- 

 amined. The time and money at the command 

 of the inspectors will not permit of it. So the 

 examination is necessarily general. Every 

 planter should see that the trees received are 

 free from scale of all kinds. Examine closely 

 around the buds for the stragglers. 



Aphis Knots. — The roots should be free 

 from aphis knots which often cause them to 

 look like strings of beads, when the tree is badly 

 infested. In bending a root covered with these 

 knots it frequently breaks as the constant punc- 

 turing of its tissues by the insect as it fed on 

 the sap has made many wounds, thereby caus- 

 ing these knots. Although they had healed 

 over, the fiber of the roots remained weakened. 

 This should not be mistaken for or confused 

 with some of the fungous troubles, as it is the 

 effect of an insect, and not a disease. Trees 



