24 CULTIVATION OF DWARF APPLES. 



neighbours do not flourish, and the land does 

 not appear to suit them, I should not be afraid of 

 failing to have fine trees and fine fruit in any 

 soil, with my treatment. 



Apples are fond of a deep loamy soil, and 

 a situation where they will have plenty of sun, 

 and where the soil is naturally good ; you need 

 not take any further trouble (where the ground 

 is in the habit of being dug) than opening a 

 hole sufficiently large to take the root in easily, 

 loosening the bottom of the hole about a spade 

 deep, and having pruned the roots, plant them 

 in the same soil ; and these you may plant in 

 any convenient corner of the garden, the same 

 as you would a currant or gooseberry tree, and if 

 required will not take up more room by being 

 properly pruned ; and the same rule may be 

 followed in the shrubbery, at such convenient 

 distances where you can find an open place for 

 the sun to get at the fruit ; or if a piece of 

 ground is set apart for a plantation of dwarf ap- 

 ples, the distance I should recommend would 

 be about twelve feet apart, and then by keeping 

 them properly pruned, they would have plenty 



