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2. Make a list of the other plants that lift their cotyledons above 

 ground. How deep will you plant them? What would be the advan- 

 tage of planting three or four seeds in a hill ? 



3. Where is the food stored in the pea and corn seeds? 



4. Probably some of the 

 bean plants will have large 

 yellowish-brown spots caused by 

 anthracnose — a common bean 

 disease. Send to Cornell Uni- 

 versity for Bulletin No. 239. 

 This will describe the disease 

 and give the treatment. 



Experiment VI 



How to Plant an Apple Tree 

 By C. S. Wilson 



The apple tree is bought 

 from the nurser}'man in the 

 fall or spring. It should be two 

 years' old, and the variety 

 Northern Spy. The tree is 

 planted in the spring as soon as 

 the ground can be worked. 



Planting. Dig a round hole 

 large enough to receive the 

 roots of the tree, and deep 

 enough to plant the tree three 

 or four inches deeper than it was 

 in the nurserv row. 



Fig. 



, — An attractive bit of nature's 

 pla)iting 



This will cover the bud and crook near the base, 

 When the hole is dug, throw back into the bottom a few shovelfuls of 

 the good surface dirt; then place the tree in the hole. Let one pupil 

 hold the tree straight, while others throw in the soil, at the same time 

 working it between the roots with the fingers. Step on the soil and 

 tramp it down firmly. Fill the hole up level with the surrounding 

 surface. 



Pruning. After the tree is set, it should be pruned. Choose three 

 or four side branches, about three feet high, for the main branches. Cut 

 these down to within six or eight inches of the main stem. Cut off all 

 other branches close to the stem, and finally cut back the top of the stem. 



