Ellen White's Method for Planting Productive Fruit Trees

To plant fruit trees in a way that ensures remarkable growth and abundance, you should dig a deep cavity in the earth and fill it with a combination of rich soil and stones3SM 328.2. This specific method was shown in the night season as a way to properly prepare the ground, especially in rocky or poor soil3SM 328.2. By filling the deep trench with dressing and layers of earth, you create a foundation that allows the trees to bear fruit quickly and prevents them from becoming merely decorative or leaf-heavy15MR 54.1+1. Such thorough cultivation is essential because the Lord works a miracle upon every tree that bears fruit, and He expects human agents to use their reasoning powers and tact to cooperate with His divine agency3MR 352.4+1. This method of digging deep and providing proper nutrients results in trees that can bear delicious fruit in less than two years, sometimes even requiring the branches to be propped up due to the heavy harvest16MR 154.4+1.

... it had been represented in the night season that they should be planted. I ordered my hired man to dig a deep cavity in the ground, then put in rich dirt, then stones, then rich dirt. After this he put in layers of earth and dressing until the hole was filled. I told the nurseryman...— 3SM 328.2 (1980)

... of certain lines of fruit. While we were in Australia, we adopted the very plan you speak of—digging deep trenches and filling them in with dressing that would create good soil. This we did in the cultivation of tomatoes, oranges, lemons, peaches, and grapes— 15MR 54.1 (1990)

...ow have a home upon the land, and what has been done speaks for itself. The land speaks for itself. The trees that were planted the last of September bore fruit in less than two years. The most beautiful peaches I have ever looked upon and most delicious to the taste, many of them ...— 16MR 154.4 (1990)

...done. Let us remember that the land is God's property to be worked energetically to His glory. The trees and grains and vegetables will yield their fruit in proportion to the labor that is put forth in their care— PCO 119.6 (2007)

... Fruit-bearing, God's Miracle in—There is the closest connection between God and nature. God works a miracle upon every plant and upon every tree that beareth fruit, and the Lord under the express necessity of the case, can work an instantaneous miracle and prepar...— 3MR 352.4 (1990)