. The American fruit culturist. and may be sent outearly. They may be heeled in, and be more effectually securedfrom freezing, than if standing in the nursery rows. In heel-ing in, select a dry, clean, mellow piece of ground, with nograss near to invite mice; dig a wide trench, lay in the rootssloping (Fig. in) and cover them and half the stems with finemellow earth ; fill in carefully and solid all the interstices atnong theroots; doing this work imperfectly often results in loss; if well 72 77?^ NSPLA N TING. performed, it never can. If much danger is feared from mice,it is better to place t
. The American fruit culturist. and may be sent outearly. They may be heeled in, and be more effectually securedfrom freezing, than if standing in the nursery rows. In heel-ing in, select a dry, clean, mellow piece of ground, with nograss near to invite mice; dig a wide trench, lay in the rootssloping (Fig. in) and cover them and half the stems with finemellow earth ; fill in carefully and solid all the interstices atnong theroots; doing this work imperfectly often results in loss; if well 72 77?^ NSPLA N TING. performed, it never can. If much danger is feared from mice,it is better to place the trees erect in the trench (Fig. j 12), andround up the whole surface about them; but, being more ex-posed in this position, they should be placed in a shelteredsituation from the winds. With the precautions above mentioned, it is, however, amatter of small consequence at which season trees are put out,provided the work is well done. It \s at least a hundred timestnore important to give them good mellow cultivation Fig. III.—Heeling-in Sloping. Fig. 112.—Heeling-in Erect. Here is where so many fail. Some dig little circles abouttheir trees, which is scarcely better. The whole surface mustbe cultivated. It is for this reason that trees often do best setin spring—because in one case the soil settles, hardens, andcrusts through winter, but is left mellow after spring difference could not exist if the mellowing of the soilwere properly attended to. When the soil is a heavy clay, and holds water like a tub,tender trees are in great danger from autumn transplanting,unless provision is made for draining the holes, which may beeffected by running a deep furrow from one hole to the other,along the line of trees, and using brush, corn-stalks, or straw,as a temporary underdrain for the water to soak away. Transplanting may be performed in winter, whenever theground is open and the air above freezing; but roots which arefrozen while out of the ground will p
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