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come acquainted with a reliable nursery firm— anxious to 

 produce and to furnish to his customers nothing but 

 strong, healthy and well grown nursery stock. It is 

 very important that the plant be carefully dug, and if the 

 nurseryman is a good one, he will see that the plants 

 have been so removed from the nursery as not to destroy 

 too many of the roots and rootlets. These roots must not 

 be allowed to dry out before they are set in their place 

 in the orchard. The trees as they leave the nursery 

 should be carefully packed and boxed so as to keep 

 them from drying in air and sun. In placing the 

 trees in the ground set them about as deep as they 

 were in the nursery — that is to the crown of the plant. 

 The distance which apple trees are set apart in the or- 

 chard is governed somewhat by the varieties planted, but 

 it seldom pays to set them closer than thirty feet apart 

 each way and the best commercial orchardists in this 

 State, those who grow winter fruit quite largely, such as 

 the Ben Davis, set the trees forty feet apart. The trees 

 should be set straight in the row — not only because when 

 so set they are more pleasing to look at but because it 

 indicates a degree of carelessness or .untidiness if they 

 are not so set. There are various methods by which the 

 rows of trees can be planted straight, but there is not 

 space in this lesson to explain these, nor is it necessary. 

 If you have trees to plant and a sincere desire to have 

 them planted in straight rows, you will hit upon some 

 plan of your own for doing this. In placing the tree it 

 is usually best to dig the hole considerably deeper than 

 is needed for the tree and fill it in again until the right 

 depth is reached. This enables the young tree to get 

 its first food easily and encourages it to send its roots 

 deep down into the soil instead of out laterally. Fill 



