. The encyclopedia of practical horticulture; a reference system of commercial horticulture, covering the practical and scientific phases of horticulture, with special reference to fruits and vegetables;. Gardening; Fruit-culture; Vegetable gardening. 1594 ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE saving of time. The young trees start off more rapidly if the soil is previously thoroughly prepared. Orientals and Bart- letts may be planted on newly cleared land when no other is available, but, as a rule, the land should be planted to a crop for at least a year or two before setting out the trees. M
. The encyclopedia of practical horticulture; a reference system of commercial horticulture, covering the practical and scientific phases of horticulture, with special reference to fruits and vegetables;. Gardening; Fruit-culture; Vegetable gardening. 1594 ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE saving of time. The young trees start off more rapidly if the soil is previously thoroughly prepared. Orientals and Bart- letts may be planted on newly cleared land when no other is available, but, as a rule, the land should be planted to a crop for at least a year or two before setting out the trees. Most soils suitable for pear culture have a more or less stiff clayey subsoil. It is a great advantage to thor- oughly loosen this subsoil by plowing or subsoiling before setting out the trees. If the orchard is planted in the fall of the year, which is the preferable time in the Eastern and Southern states, the land may be subsoiled by following with a subsoil plow immediately after the turn- ing plow. It is not necessary, however, to subsoil the whole area of the orchard unless this is desired for the cultivation of other crops among the trees. The land may be plowed first, and then a special preparation of plowing and subsoiling may be given to a strip about 6 feet wide on which the tree row is planted. This may be widened by subsoiling a strip around the trees each year ahead of the spreading roots until the middle is. Krull reached. Of course, very good prepara- tion in many parts of the country for meadow or pasture land would consist in plowing it up rather early in the fall, then harrowing a strip on which the trees are to be planted. More orchards have been planted without subsoiling than with it. How to Plant Out the Orchard Each orchardist will no doubt develop some method of his own in planting out the orchard. There are many methods, however, of undertaking the work by which time is saved and accuracy secured. One of the simplest ways of planting out an orchard, and
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