526 THE FRUIT GARDEN. [Oct. 
Planting Fruit Trees. 
Towards the latter end of this month you may safely transplant 
most sorts of fruit trees, but particularly such kinds as shall have 
by that time shed their leaves. This maybe done to advantage 
during the entire of next month if the season continues open, pro- 
vided the ground in which you plant be dry and does not lodge 
water in the winter months; and likewise that sufficient pains be 
taken to make each tree fast in its place by nailing or binding it 
up in such a manner as not to be rocked about by the winds; 
otherwise spring planting, if done early in March, will be more 
successful, particularly for the peach, nectarine and almond. 
Note. — In the more southern states of the Union the planting of 
the more hardy kinds of fr,uit and other trees should be completed 
before the end of January, on account of the early vegetation in 
those regions. 
If the borders wherein trees are to be planted, either for the wall 
or espalier be new, they should be trenched at least two feet deep 
if the good soil admits thereof; but if not, they should be made of 
that depth by adding thereto a sufficiency of good mellow fertile 
soil, such as fresh surface loam, &c.; this should be worked to the 
depth of two feet, at least, with the soil of the border, and it would 
be of great advantage to add some good rotten dung previous to the 
trenching. But if a sufficient quantity of fresh soil cannot be con- 
veniently obtained for the whole, you may sink one, two, or three 
wheelbarrows full, together with some rotten dung in the place 
where each tree is to be planted. 
However, where the ground is already of a good quality, as that 
of a common kitchen garden, &c., the above assistance will not be 
necessary, as trees will prosper sufficiently well in any soil that is 
productive of good garden vegetables. 
As to aspect, your latest ripening fruits, particularly late peaches, 
should have a warm exposure, and also some of the earliest ripen- 
ing of the various kinds of fruit, on account of having them in per- 
fection at an early period. For the method of planting, and proper 
distances, &c. see page 220. 
Planting Gooseberries. 
Towards the latter end of this month, or early in November, is 
the best time in the year to plant trees of this delicious and very 
valuable fruit. 
You may plant them around the borders of the best quarters of 
your kitchen garden about two feet and a half or three feet from 
the walks, and from six to eight feet distant from one another. Or 
they mav be planted in continued plantations, the rows from eight 
to ten feet asunder, and the plants six or seven feet apart in the 
rows. In the latter case the ground between the rows may be 
occupied with winter spinage, corn salad, lettuces, and winter 
cresses; and in spring and summer with rows of salading of various 
kinds, dwarf peas and beans, or any other low growing crops; but 
