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perfectly at home in school gardens. One or two plants of 
each kind are enough to practice upon if lack of room pre- 
vents having more. Every one of these shrubs, however, 
rebels against shiftlessness and will not put up with neglect. 
Space must also be saved for a few fruit trees. Nobody can 
be blind to the ad- 
vance that is being 
made every year in 
the abundance and 
perfection of Amer- 
ican fruit. Much of 
our best fruit is sent 
across the water, and 
our fruit farms are 
the admiration of vis- 
itors from abroad. A 
miniature orchard will 
give young people a 
chance to learn some 
of the secrets of prac- 
tical, up-to-date fruit 
culture. 
The nurseryman 
sets out his trees and 
shrubs early in April. 
Accordingly, by that 
time the trenches 
must be ready and waiting. A little tree requires a trench at 
least three feet wide and two feet deep. The gardener be- 
gins by filling the bottom of the trench with earth ; this he 
fairly saturates with water. Next he brings out one by one 
the treelings, whose roots during transportation have been 
kept so carefully wrapped in damp matting or straw. They 
A FUTURE ORCHARDIST 
