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CIRCULAR NO. 118, BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY. 



which will help materially in getting the trees into perfect alignment. 

 Detailed instructions for laying out the orchard can be obtained from 

 some of the bulletins and circulars listed in the footnote on page IT. 



PLANTING. 



Previous to planting any of the trees the holes may be dug and 

 the stakes replaced in the center of the holes, care being taken to see 



Fm. 2. — A 1-year-old whip, uncut, on the right, and cut hack to 18 inches, on the left. 

 Throe or four branches are allowed to grow. 



that the lines are kept straight. The holes should be large, so that 

 the trees may be placed in them without bending the roots, and the 

 trees should be set 3 to 4 inches deeper than they were in the nursery 

 where grown. In case the subsoil is hard it is well to loosen it up 

 a few inches deeper than the roots are set. The soil thrown in 

 should be firmly packed about the roots of the trees with the feet 

 several times during the filling of the hole. If irrigation can not be 

 given immediately after the trees are set, a bucket of water should 

 be emptied into each hole before it is entirely filled, unless the soil 

 is already sufficiently moist. 



[Cir. 118.] 



