Details of Planting an Orchard 71 



be planted as is practicable. Moreover, trees shipped long 

 distances sometimes suffer injury if they are not properly 

 packed or if they pass through severe extremes of tempera- 

 ture while in transit. And, other things being equal, the 

 nearer the nursery is to the site where the trees are to be 

 planted the shorter the period of time during which they 

 are out of the ground. While this is not a matter of serious 

 import, it is sometimes well worth consideration. On the 

 other hand, differences in the price of trees of the same 

 grade offered by various nurserymen, the desire to secure 

 trees of some special varieties, or some other reason may 

 make it preferable to ignore the relative proximity of nurs- 

 ery and orchard site and to be governed by other factors 

 in placing the order for trees. 



Furthermore, it is always a good plan to deal direct with 

 the nurseryman rather than with the traveling tree peddler. 

 It is never certain where or how the jobber obtains his stock. 

 It is, therefore, better business to deal with a permanently 

 established nursery, the success of which is dependent on 

 the character of service it renders its patrons. The jobber 

 or the peddler as a rule has no fixed place of business beyond 

 the season's activities. He can move to new territory with- 

 out loss of assets. 



TIME OF PLANTING 



There is a wide range in the time when peach trees may 

 be planted in different parts of the country, the range de- 

 pending mostly on climatic conditions. No arbitrary direc- 

 tions as to the time can be given. In general, it may be 

 stated that in the northern latitudes, or wherever the winters 

 are severe, either from low temperatures, the prevalence 

 of much drying wind, or the habitual occurrence of other 



