268 FOR ILLINOIS AND MICHIGAN. 5. FOR ILLINOIS. BEST SIX VARIETIES OF APPLES FOR ONE HUNDRED TREES. BEST VARIETIES FOR MARKET, FOR ONE THOUSAND TREES. BEST SIX VARIETIES OF APPLES FOR ONE HUNDRED TREES. BEST FOR ONE THOUSAND TREES WHERE THE MARKET IS NEAR. BEST SIX VARIETIES OF PEARS ON PEAR STOCK FOR ONE HUNDRED TREES. BEST SIX VARIETIES OF PEACHES FOR ONE HUNDRED TREES. It is very evident, to one who considers the dif ference in these lists for the various portions of the country, that it would be impossible for a nurseryman to have them all in his possession. Some varieties are confined to very limited districts, and the demand for them is not sufficient to warrant his STRONG-GROWING VARIETIES. 271 keeping a stock; others are of such poor growth from the bud, that it is difficult to procure a good tree, and the proportion of them which would be salable would be small. Therefore the producer is obliged to limit his attention to a few stronggrowing varieties. When this is the case, the cultivator should plant these, and graft after one season's growth. This will not postpone their bearing, as he might expect; but it is a great question whether it is not better to obtain strong trees, and graft upon them those which are weaker, than to procure them immediately from the bud. CHAPTER VIII. SELECTION, ARRANGEMENT, AND TRANSPLANTATION. § 1. SELECTION OF THE TREE: THE APPLE-ROOT-GRAFTED TREES — HEIGHT OF THE TREE NO CRITERION OF ITS VALUE WHERE THEY SHOULD LIMB THE PEACH THE VINE - THE CURRANT AND GOOSE BERRY THE STRAWBERRY, RASPBERRY, AND BLACKBERRY. § II. AR RANGEMENT INTENSIVE PLANTING A GARDEN OF ONE SQUARE ROD -A GARDEN OF SIXTEEN SQUARE RODS APPLE ORCHARDS - SQUARE PLANTING FOR THE PEAR- QUINCUNX DISTANCES, AND NUMBER OF TREES UPON AN ACRE. § III. THE TRANSPLANTATION: SEASON Of — CONDITIONS MOST FAVORABLE TO-DEPTH OF THE DWARF PEARMANNER OF OPERATION- THE MOVEMENT OF LARGE TREES BY MACHINERY. § I. SELECTION OF THE TREE. HERE it is generally best to confide in the judgment of a trustworthy nurseryman. Above all, avoid purchasing cheap trees, which drag out a miscrable existence for a few years, only in the end to waste the capital and to disappoint the reasonable expectations of the cultivator who spends time and money in the preparation of the soil. Many persons, on account of the purchase of inferior stock, become disgusted with fruit-culture, and conclude that it requires more experience than they possess. A good tree will always command its full value, . and those which are sold at a cheap rate are, para |