CHAPTER VI. 
TIME OF PLANTING. 
Wuen the ground has been thoroughly prepared, 
by under-draining, surface and sub-soil plowing, in 
the way described in the former part of this treatise, 
so that the land will not hold stagnant water, pear 
trees may be planted with safety, either in the 
spring or fall, as time and circumstances may permit. 
If everything is in readiness, and it is decided to 
plant in the fall, the trees may be removed from 
the nursery row as soon as the leaves are shed, or the 
leaf-buds fully developed. The labor of planting 
may be continued, ifthe ground is dry enough to 
work, until severe frost stops the operation. It is 
a very wise plan to mulch trees planted in the fall 
with hay, straw, long manure, or charcoal cinders. 
This light covering of the ground as far as the roots 
extend, prevents the frequent freezings and thaw- 
ings, which often prove so injurious to the roots of 
newly-planted trees. 
Some fruit-growers object to fall planting, on 
account of the trees being left so long exposed to the 
