VI 
ALBANY NURSERIES 
To Planters 
0 the planter or purchaser of nursery stock, at least three things are indispensible: 
h irst, varieties true to name; second, healthy, vigorous, well matured trees or 
plants; third, careful and judicious packing, without which all will be lost. 
We give the most careful scrutiny to the propagation of varieties, endeavoring by 
all methods known to us to protect ourselves from error or imposition, and rejecting 
anything of which we may have reasons to be suspicious. By careful and constant 
watching and attention, we are warranted in offering our stock as pure and absolutely 
true to name. 
Our soil being of character best suited to produce the healthiest conditions of growth, 
that soil, firm texture of the wood, with abundant fibrous roots, so necessary to suc- 
cessful transplanting, we are enabled to offer the product of our nurseries with entire 
confidence of planters in all sections of the country. 
To further protect our patrons, as well as ourselves against loss in this direction, 
we employ the most skilled and competent hands in our packing and shipping department. 
We aim to keep fully abreast of enlightened aixl cultivated taste, in the introduction 
of new and valuahle varieties of fruit and novelties and valuable acquisitions in orna- 
mentals— accepting with pleasure everything that has real merit, we shall with equal 
readiness discard and discountenance the sale of worthless humbugs. 
We grow all our trees on whole root stocks, and our one-year-old trees have the 
same age root as the two-year-old piece root graft; but a much better root system, as 
can be readily seen by referring to our Illustration showing trees grown by both systems. 
Select thrifty young trees in preference to older or very large ones; the roots are 
more tender and fibrous, and they bear transplanting better and are far more alive; 
they can also be more easily trimmed and shaped to any desired form and in the course 
of a few years will usually out-strip the older ones in growth. 
Both fruits and flowers are more highly appreciated by the masses than formerly, 
and we regard it as a happy indication, not only in the effect it will have upon the health 
of the body, but also in the softening influence it will have on the harsher feelings of 
our nature. 
PREPARATIONS FOR PLANTING. 
Plow and subsoil repeatedly, so as to thoroughly pulverize to a depth of 12 to 18 
inches. When planting upon the lawn or grass plots, remove the sod for a diameter of 
4 to 5 feet, and keep the space well worked and free from weeds. Dig the hole deeper 
and larger than is necessary to admit all the roots in their natural position, keeping the 
surface and subsoil separate. Cut off broken and bruised roots and shorten the tops to 
half dozen buds. If not prepared to plant when the stock arrives, “heel in” by digging 
a trench deep enough to admit all the roots and setting the trees therein as they stand, 
carefully packing the earth about the roots, taking up when required. Never leave the 
roots exposed to the sun and air. and “puddle” before planting. 
PLANTING. 
Fill up the hole with surface soil, so that the tree will stand about as it did when 
in the nursery after the earth had settled, except Dwarf Pears which should be planted 
deep enough to cover the quince stock upon which they are budded two or three inches. 
Work the soil thoroughly among the roots, and when well covered tamp firmly. Set the 
tree as firm as a post, but leave the surface filling (of poorer soil) light and loose. No 
staking will be required except with very tall trees. Never let manure come in con- 
tact with the roots. 
