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There is no doubt at all that the best time to plant is November, and the earlier the better.Bush-shaped trees are best bought as two-year-olds but fan trees may be three years old.

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The fruit grower must always be on the alert. Things may happen almost in a night. One cannot wait for three or four days before spraying trees in the spring and summer, if this becomes necessary, because populations of some insects can build up by the hundreds in a day or two. The good manager, therefore, has insecticides and fungicides in stock, and he is able to use them the moment they are needed.

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Related to the smaller-growing Aerangis are the lovely angraecums. These superb epiphytic, lithophytic or terrestrial orchids come from all over southern Africa and Madagascar.

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