18 The Bulletin" 



selection of trees 



Too much care cannot be given tlie selection of tlie trees, as this is as 

 important as the selection of the site or location. An orchard planted 

 with weak and diseased trees is doomed to be an unprofitable one. 

 The most important factor in the selection of trees is to secure healthy, 

 strong, vigorous stock, free from diseases and insects, and true to name. 

 The most desirable are well grown, medium-sized, stocky, one-year-old 

 trees. 



Tlie trees should be bought from a section where yellows or other 

 diseases are not prevalent. ISTurserymen in this State generally sell 

 their stock in three grades, large siz, 4 to 6 feet high ; medium size, 3 

 to 4 feet high, and small size, 2 to 3 feet high. 



The ideal type of peach tree for planting is a one-year-old tree which 

 will caliper 14 ^o % inches in diameter and is 3l^ to 5 feet high. 

 One-year-old trees almost always give better results than either older 

 trees or June buds. 



Trees should be ordered in late summer or early fall. Always order 

 a few more than are actually needed, then the injured and poorest can 

 be discarded. The nurseryman should be cautioned not to dig the stock 

 too early and not to strip the leaves before the wood is ripened, as this 

 practice weakens the trees. It is generally much cheaper and more sat- 

 isfactory to purchase directly from the nursery than through agents. It 

 pays to deal only with nurserymen who by honest dealings have gained 

 a well merited reputation for reliability. In buying trees near home 

 there is a saving in freight costs and a lessening of the danger of injury 

 in transit. These are the most important advantages of purchasing 

 near home. 



In answer to the question of whether it is best to secure trees from 

 the north or from the south, it may be said that it makes very little 

 difference whore the trees are grown, if they are vigorous, well grown, 

 and free from diseases and insects. 



TREATMENT OF THEES BEFORE PLANTTNO 



If possible, the trees should be planted as soon ns Ihov ;irrivo. Care 

 should be exercised not to expose the roots to sun. air. wind, or frost, 

 for they will become dried out. On receiving a shipnioiit, it should be 

 unpacked to note ibe condition of llie trees. If they linvc become dry, 

 llio roots should be placed in water until the bark regains its full, 

 bright appearance. 



After arrival, if planting is I0 be deferred, the trees siionld be lieeled 

 in. This is accomplished in the following maimer: A trench. 20 inches 

 to 2 feet deep, is dug. throwing the dii'l forward so as to make a sloping 

 bnnk on wliieh lay the trees .slanting, willi roots in llie trench. The 

 trees .<3hould be tiilcen from the bnndlr's and Inid in thin Invers. After 



