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T'fie department of Mgricufture 



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VICTORIA. 



Vol. IX. Part 6. 10th June, 1911. 



PROPAGATION OF FRUIT TREE8. 



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C. F. Cole, Insfi'ctor, Vegetation Diseases Acts. 



Planting. 



After preparing the soil for planting, select a wootlen measuring 

 rod, for preference a piece of i|-in. x 2|-in. Oregon i8 or 26 feet 

 long. Measure off 3 feet from one end of the rod, marking 

 it with a shallow saw cut. From this cut again measure off 

 and mark similarly the necessary number of rows 4 feet apart. 

 If the rod is 26 feet long, it will give six rows with a 3-feet margin 

 upon each side of the outside rows. If 18 feet long, there will be four 

 rows with a 3-feet margin. Leave a 6-feet alley between the lands to be 

 planted. Should the planter desire the rows to be more thnn 4 feet wide, 

 the measuring rod should be marked accordingly. 



The rod will do for measuring any area for planting, whether formed 

 into lands or not, and will la.st for years with care. A good plan is to 

 nail a strip of galvanized hoop iron the whole length of the rod, top and 

 bottom, after the saw cuts have been made. 



Now plact' the rod into position and peg off the rows nt both ends of 

 the land to be ])lanted. Cireat care should be exercised in .seeing that 

 the first row is perfectly straight, otherwise the whole area will be affected. 

 To get the first row straight, take the fence as a guide. If the headland 

 be 12 feet wide from the fence, the first row should start 3 feet from the 

 edge of the headland, or 15 feet from the fence. 



It will then be necessary, if the garden line is not long «-n(^ugh, to mark 

 off the land into lengths. To do this, the tops of the pegs at one end of 

 the land should be painted white, or a piece of white paper tied arounfl 

 them. 'I'hcn. while one person holds the pegs into position, another sights 

 them. If the plaiittr wishes his rows to lie straight, he must sight, and not 

 measure with a rod. 



\ow p<'g down the planting line, which .should be drawn taut. Pa.ss a 

 h.ind rake or s|).idc along tlu- line to remove any small lumps of soil, &c., 



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