The Columbus journal., 1905-03-01
BUYING TREES.

r.r;ety of reasons make IL Ne.!
unwise to purchase lar ABROAD hui
gerry stock of any kind. One OF 'nese
Il the difference in the condi'loh un'
dor which the stock was grown as
rompared with those under which IL
is to be planted. A perfect reiiao'e
tree under the n set OF cohdl''on'
Is likely to become wholly unrei'aD'e
under the other. The trials OF a pro-
trscted freight journey are. moreo'e''
more than the stock is likely TO De
able to endure and a larger percent
,ee will fail to grow, while nat por-
ton of il which does not fail utteris
will make but a poor start in It's ne"
life. and this will be likely to foiio"
II until IL dies. The distant nurse!
man, too. is beyond the reach o 'he
buyer and therefore regards himself
in many cases. as under less oblisa-
tim IN be fair and to make Coca t!le
errors mistakes and losses when 'he
contract provided should be zone
Taking everything into cohsi"era''"h'
the place to go for nursery s'och - I"
a reputable grower as near 10 'he
place where the stock is to De eseo
as can be found.
This is not the buying season ana
what has been said, may, therefore DE
regarded as a little untimely. II
spring of the year. when trees are
e. liz
largely purchased, is not lar dis'ah''
however, and prospective buyers
should look ahead early and settle the
lines along which they expect to pro-
coed. The planting OF trees Is a worh
recurring special thouShtfulness. a
farmer may buy poor seed and the
crop that comes from 1t may not De
lost, even though it be not as large as
he should have. and the mistake he
has made in the selection OF poor seed
is one that can be remedied at the END
of the year. The error reveals Itself
early. and constitutes n more les
son of experience that will be a pro-
lection against future mistakes of a
similar kind. 1t is not SO. however.
with the planting of trees. II varle-
ties unsuited with the location are
chosen. if poor stock is purchased, IL
II arrives i'm bad condition, or, In
short. il any of the many mistakes
possible i'm tree planting occur the eX-
tent of the error is not discovered for
a number of years, and the planter
may fnd that he had lost the u~ OF
his ground and all the care and eN-
penSe he has been To and that he is
no nearer securing the fruits he de
sires TO undertake 10 procure them.
IL is, therefore. of the highest I'm
portance that the planter select care,
fully. calling i'm the aid of better judg,
mept Of those with more experience
on that particular subject than his
own, if he distrnsts his OWN. and this
the local nursrrymar is always ready
to give. In offering a caution of this
Kind We do not address the CONNER
cisl planter who has. Or should have
given the subject sufficient study Il
already realize the importance Of what
has been said. We rather speak fol
the small planter who wants a home
supply of fruit. with perhaps. some
surplus. and to whom planting is rela
lively so small a portion of his bust
ness hat he has not given il the at
tention necessary to learn how i'm
portant ii is to buy nursery stock
close at home and from a reliable
nurseryman with whom he al have
influence for the correction of mis-
takes. should they occur So much o.
the nursery stock sold by the distant
nurseries passes through the hands OF
agents intent upon making sales thai
Il is often hard for the farmer no
well informed about nursery matter:
to resist the glowing stories of yield
hardness and other gooG qualities tina
are urged upon him. These ssorie:
are not told by the nearby nursery
II for no other reason than becauS,
their detection il untrue. as they uSu
ally are. would follow too 500 AM
the responsibility for them would b,
too easily brought home.