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THE OECHAED AlsD FETJIT GAEDEN. 



"Where there is space for the introduction of new trees, 



the choice must be made with care, and with reference 

 not only to the selection of the trees, but to the appli- 

 cability of the kind to the locality, and the position 

 intended for them. By a little inspection of gardens 

 near, information may generally be obtained as to fruits 

 that are quite unlikely to thrive, and as to the kinds 

 most Kkely to do well. Any person may decide without 

 much reflection that it can only lead to disappointment 

 to plant trees of a delicate kind in a sharp, bleak, or cold 

 damp situation, or to put those which are easily injured 

 by smoke in the immediate neighbourhood of London or 

 any other large town. 



Apples will do in most garden soils and in most 

 localities, provided the ground be tolerably well drained, 

 and gooseberries and currants may prosper where trees 

 of larger growth fail to produce. "Wall fruit, pears, 

 plums, and cherries, require warm sheltered spots, or the 

 nipping frosts of spring will destroy their crops year 

 after year. 



Toung trees, recently grafted, are generally purchased, 

 but if they are of three or four years' standing, and are 

 transplanted with care, the additional outlay will be re- 

 paid by their earlier productiveness. Choose young 

 trees of a free, vigorous growth, avoiding those with a 

 weakly, run appearance, and a thick growth of thin 

 sprays. 



For the kind, in purchasing young trees, we must 

 depend in a great degree on the honesty and precision 

 of the man we buy of. It is a good plan to make the 

 selection early enough in the autumn to see the fruit 

 on the trees, and then to mark each one which is chosen 

 with a plain and unmistakable tally, carried for the pur- 

 pose by the buyer, and afiSxed firmly and immovably by 

 him. With this care no mistake can well interfere with 

 the delivery of the right trees at the right season. A 

 label with the name of the buyer cut on it is about 

 the best and most unmistakable mark to use for this 

 purpose. 



Even while quite young, the trees should have an equal, 



