26 DIRECTIONS FOR PLANTING IN BAD SOIL. 



as the root is of a fine fibrous nature, and will 

 remain in a small compass; but the crab is natu- 

 rally a strong-rooted tree, and would soon over- 

 run the boundaries of the hole made for it, and 

 consequently not flourish after : in fact, apples 

 grafted on paradise stocks are greatly recom- 

 mended as dwarfs, where you do not want the 

 trees to grow large, for they generally bear 

 very freely on those stocks ; and although the 

 fruit will come very fine, they do not produce 

 near such strong wood as those grafted on the 

 crab ; in all cases in planting of apples be care- 

 ful not to plant them too deep, but merely cover 

 the roots well. 



CULTIVATION OF STANDARD APPLES. 



Par. 11.— The culture of standard apples is 

 so generally known in this country, that it is not 

 necessary to make many observations ; at the same 

 time a few may not be considered superfluous. 



In the first place, when you select your trees 

 from the nursery, be careful there is no blemish 

 on the stem caused by the canker ; and when 

 orchards are planted the trees should stand at 



