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Il half or so in depth: placing the
! roots OF the trees therein; and Gov
| erinG them with soil, being sure that
it is packed down close around the
| roots. If the soil is dry. pour wafer
| into Il bottom of the trench before
| filling it in.
The trees will keep in this man
| ncr without injury for some time.
| But ii is desirable to get them plant
| ed in their permanent position just
as soon as possible. During the
| planting. the roots should not be eX-
| posed 10 the sun and wind. If there
| are Il number of trees which are 10
! be carried about, ii is well TO keep
| he roots covered with a piece of
! wet burlap if it is a bright, windy
| day.
!. The mistake most commonly made
in the actual planting of trees is to
put them in 10 loosely. The soil
should be packed down about the
roots. just as firmly as it is possible
TO get il with the aid of the feet or
of blunt. wooden stock for ffrming.
The tree should be put in slightly
deeper than it grew before, as in
dicated by the soil mark just above
the roots.
Ordinarily it is not necessary tOi
use water, especially when planting
il the spring; but if the soil should
be quite dry when the trees are be-
ing set out. the water should be
poured in and allowed to soak away
when about half of the soil has been
put back into the hole. This is |
much more effective than pouring
the water on the surface after the
tree has been planted.
How To Make The Tree Form n Head
On OF the main reasons why trees
set out in commercial orchards Of
ten seem to do better than those in
the home grounds is that they receive
more attention in the way OF early
rruning. 1t may seem great
shame. after you have set out
yOur fine looking little trees. four or
six feet high. to think Of cutting
away = large part of what you have
maid out YOUR good money for. Butt
il is necessary to do this, if you want
10 GET as much fruit as possible from
your Young trees. Peach trees
should be pruncd by cutting the topl
out clean a third TO a half of the dis
lance down to the lowest branches.
and cutting all the remaining Dranch-
es back to within a few inches OF
the main stem.
Apples, pears and plums should
have all the top above the first hVe
or six branches removed, and these
remaining branches cut back TO a
few buds each. Care should be tax
en- however, that no two OF these
branches which are left, grow out
from the main stem at the same
point, as this would mean. later on,
= bad crotch that is likely to break
under storm or heavy crop OF
fruit. The branches which are left
should also be spaced as evenly as
if is possible to get them around the
trunk of the tree.
The result of this severe cutting
back of your little trees will be that
they will start 10 form low-branch-
ing heads" that will make it much
easier for you to care for them, spray
chem and gather the fruits.
You will be surprised when grow
III begins how quickly the little trees
Won have set out will make up III
new growth for all that has been cut
AWAY. 4 shovelful of chicken ma
nure or half handful of nitrate OF
soda dug in around each tree as
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Started will give them extra Ylgof
and a dark green luxuriant color for
the first seasons growth. Both OF
these fertilizers, however, should be
used only in the season. /
The soil around the trees should
be dug up and raked over ocassion-
ally to keep down weeds and to pro-
vide soil mulch" to conserve mols-
ture
If the above simple suggestions
are followed. practically every tree
you plant will not only live, but Will
make a good husky growth-and a
strong start is at least half the bat
tie in growing an abundance OF
good fruit. for your own home table.
Our next article will tell about
how you can have raspberries this
season from plants set out this
spring; and about other kinds of
berries