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When To Plant Fruit Trees

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Parent Issue
Day
13
Month
October
Year
1871
Copyright
Public Domain
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As practical tests are wlat wc desiro, 1 will givo you a little oí my experienoe in tree-planting. Last spring' i plantod three hundrcd fruit trees ; dug liólos fóur t'eut and a lialf in diameter and fcwo &et deop, íilliiig in about tlio roots witli top soil, and mulched with straw. All tho pcachos (UimI. With tho applos, chorries, pears, etc., I was moro successful, only losiiig about tliroo-fourths. l:ist i'all 1 plantod about tour tumdred trees, with leas caru than thoso i):tnted in the spring, and cvrvy dik; is now gtóltiñg and iu fino condition. Horeat'tor, I shall plant fruit troos in tho fall. I put out somu two thousand dociduous and evergreen trees tbia spring, and thry ure uil duing wcll Sü iai-

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Michigan Argus