Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-19
TREES AND VINES.
This is the Season for Planting tie same.

As the season for planting trees and vines is at hand, perhaps few hints may be of interest to some of your readers. In the first place, secure from some reliable agent or nursery man good healthy trees that are ac- climated. One year-o old or yearling trees are the best.
 Healthy, thrifty stock in putting out an orchard, IS one of the essential requisites Have your land well clear ed of trees and brush, blow deep, not less than ten inches, and deeperif pos sible; lay it off in rows twenty feet each way, for all kinds of trees except apples and olives. They should be not less than twenty-five or thirty feet apart grapevines not less than eight feet. Ten is better. On most of the lands in this county a hole large enough to admit the roots without cramping is sufficient. On extra heavy soils large and deeper hole would be better. Carefully cut off all bruised roots with sharp knife, with slant ing cut from the under side upward set them about the same depth that they were in the nursery Be par ticular about straightening out all the small fibrous roots, and fill in with pulverized soil, pressing it down quite firmly, leaning the tree a little to- ward the prevailing winds, which are | from the south and southwest. After they are set out, if they are yearling | trees, cut them back to within l6 or Is inches of the ground. If they are 1 two years old thin out the top to cor respond with the roots that have been destroyed in transplanting All the buds from the ground up will start to grow on those you have cut back. Leave from three to five of the top buds to form the top of the tree, and rub off all the others after they have started in the spring.
 Shade the bodies of the trees for the first two years, as a protection against the borer. l do it by wrapping them with old cotton cloth that has done service as sheets, pillow slips, dress skirts, etc. tear it in strips about two inches wide. Commence at the lowest bud that you have left to form the top of the tree, and wrap it spirally to the ground. Dig away the earth a couple of inches below the surface, then re place the dirt and it will hold the cloth in place. The second year, when the body of the tree begins to grow, il will burst the cloth, and after that there will be shade enough from the top to protect the trunk of the tree Shading or wrapping the tree can bt done any time in the spring before ho weather sets in. It is good plan tC mulch them during the spring witt damp, coarse or wet manure; the ground under the mulching retain! the moisture much better and re mains at a uniform temperature dur ing the summer.
 In setting out grape cuttings use !; spade, digging hole the size of th' blade of the spade, both in breadtl and depth it is not necessary to re , move the dirt from the lower half o
 the hole, loosen it up with the spad and run the cuttings down into it press the dirt down firmly and fill in leaving only one bud above the ground They can be set out quite rapidly thi way and it is better than a dibble o
 crowbar for that purpose Ten o
 twelve inches is deep enough to plan
 them.-Exchange