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1. April 20th. 



m. When the frost is out of the ground so you can dig deep. 



n. Early in spring. 



0. The first days of May, or in early corn planting, 

 p. As early as ground is warm and dry. 



q. As soon as ground can be worked. 



7. Question: Best size of trees for planting in orchard? 

 Answers: 



a. Four to six feet. 



b. Between four and six feet. 



c. Two or three years old. 



d. Good, thrifty, three-year-old apple trees. Plum trees may be 

 planted younger. 



e. If well handled, five to seven-foot trees ; if carelessly handled, 

 the smaller the better, down to zero. 



f. Three-year-old, five to six feet high. 



g. Two-year-olds, four to six feet. 



h. Two years, if for a young man ; three years for a middle-aged 

 man, and four years for an old man past seventy years of age. 



i. Thrifty two-year-old trees, three-fourths to one inch in diam- 

 eter of stock at the ground. Have tried one-year-old trees without 

 success. 



j. For general planting, five to seven feet, but this is immater- 

 ial if stock be thrifty and given good care. 



k. Four to six feet high. 



1. I prefer a four or five foot tree. 



m. Have had good luck with very large trees six to eight feet — 

 just as good as with smaller trees. 



n. Eleven-sixteenths to three-fourths inch tree, five to six feet 

 high. 



o. Would prefer two and three-year-olds, but would not seri- 

 ously object to four or even five years, if properly cared for in dig- 

 ging, handling and setting. 



p. One year from root graft. 



q. Two-year, or, at most, three-year trees. 



8. Questions: Best method of propagating trees for the or- 

 chard ? 



Answers: 



a. Root-grafting. 



b. Root-grafting. 



c. Six-inch scions on four-inch roots. 



d. Graft on hardy roots or top-work on vigorous, hardy stocks. 



e. To the best of our certain knowledge to the present time, by 

 piece root-grafting, using a good long scion and moderate length 

 of root. 



f. Root-graft ; short root and long scion. 



g. Root-grafts for this country ; long scion and short root. 



h. 1st, grafting at the crown of roots, with whole roots for 

 stock ; 2d, grafting on short piece root with five-inch cion. 



