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will heel in his stock and do it right, or do it in such a way that it 

 will come out in the spring the way it ought to come out. If we 

 should entirely discourage fall delivery or if we should combine and 

 agree not to make any fall deliveries, we would all be better off. 

 The planter would get better stock, and he would receive it in better 

 shape. 



Mr. C. C. Hunter: If a man is determined to get his stock 

 in the fall, he may plant it instead of heeling it in. I find there 

 is better success than in heeling it in. I have watched both cases, 

 and I would say plant it in the fall. 



Mr. Whiting: I believe in that too, but if you do any fall 

 planting it ought to be done early enough so the roots will become 

 imbedded so they will start in the fall, otherwise you have got to 

 go to work and cut back enormously, and if you do that it hampers 

 you in both cases. It also divides up the nurserymen. It puts 

 the nurserymen in a position where they cannot take care of their 

 customers as they could if they did not make any fall deliveries. 

 I do not think it is a good thing for all concerned. However, if 

 it is to be done in the fall, the planting should be done early. 



Mr. J. P. Andrews : We had a little experience in burying 

 trees in the fall, and whenever they are put in correctly, the way 

 Mr. Mitchell says, there is not much trouble, but from what other 

 people say there is a great deal of loss, though it is generally be- 

 cause the trees have not been separated and the dirt put around the 

 roots of the trees. I have planted them in the orchard and then 

 right away after planting leaned them to the southwest. In 

 planting I plant them deep and cover them with dirt the same as 

 a grapevine. They spring a little in the root, and the dirt springs 

 a little if they bend, and it is remarkable to see how easy it is to 

 cover a tree that is an inch in diameter. In that way the tree 

 is entirely out of reach of cold weather, and that tree will start up 

 and grow almost twice as much as a tree will when planted after 

 spring delivery. I can get almost twice the growth from a tree 

 planted in that way that I can from a spring planted tree. At 

 the same time I would not recommend that way of doing it to a 

 farmer. 



The Chairman : What would be your idea of the percentage 

 of loss of autumn planted stock compared with spring planted 

 stock ? 



Mr. Andrews : I do not see why there should be any loss 

 in the autumn planted stock. 



The Chairman: Or spring planted stock either? (Laughter.) 



Mr Andrews : I get a better growth from fall planted stock. 

 I am not advocating that way because I do it. Others might not 

 do it the way I do it, they might not cover it properly, although 

 it takes but little dirt to protect a tree. One advantage is that 

 it divides the work of the fall and spring, and in case where we 

 know a man will give his trees proper care we can deliver him 



