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roots well, place them in the wagon and throw a wet carpet or blanket 

 over the trees so as to exclude the wind and sun. ^'Firm" the dirt well 

 about the roots, and when done planting take a common breaking plow 

 a,nd throw one furrow to the tree from each side, making the furrows lap 

 well, but not too high on the body of trees. You may prune the tops 

 the second year. Head low, "dress and keep" and you may reasonably 

 expect, in due time, fruit time and harvest. 



SETTING X^T> CAEE OF TREES. 



By G. E. Adams, Darlington, Mo. 



The spring being backward I did not have time to break my 

 ground, so j^repared for receiving my trees by staking off for each row 

 both ways enough to use the plow for a marker. When the trees came 

 I cared for them as instructed bv the nurserv, then I began on mv 

 ground by going once with the field plow crossw^ays to indicate the 

 place for the trees, then I began the other way and listed out for the row 

 by going three or four times for each row, putting the plow deeper 

 every time. This will be deep enough for one-year-old trees; 

 if two-year-olds may have to dig a little deeper to receive the roots. 

 When T got a row listed I planted the trees before the dirt got dry by 

 simply taking a bunch of trees, and at each cross I placed a tree and 

 drew the dirt around it with my hands. After setting several rows I 

 take a spade and finish filling around my trees, tramping firmly, 

 making a slight mound around the trees. After the trees are thus set 

 I take my plow and fill up the ditch which makes a good drain for ex- 

 cess water and also holds the moisture better by being broken up. 



My trees were one-year-olds and my trimming was done by cutting 

 off all limbs and topping them back. The season being dry and cutting 

 the growth of the trees short, I rubbed and trimmed most all of the 

 buds off again. I have a fair to good growth upon all my trees and 

 only lost one in 336. I set the apple trees 28 feet apart and put peach 

 trees between the trees in the rows, trimming same as the apple trees^ 

 but not in the summer. I have a fine growth upon the peaches and the 



