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SOME SPECIFIC ADVICE 



the ground could be fitted. Every care was taken 

 to have all the conditions ideal and uniform. One 

 hundred trees were set each of peach, plum, pear 



and apple. Each kind was 

 divided into four or five 

 lots, one lot being cut 

 very short, and the others 

 successively longer, until 

 the last lot, in which the 

 roots were not trimmed. 

 The weather for the first 

 month after planting was 

 hot and dry, but the land 

 was frequently tilled to 

 conserve the moisture. 



The trees were photo- 

 graphed before being 

 planted, and some of 

 them were removed at 

 intervals and again pho- 

 161. New roots start tographed. In this way, 



from both the trunk and the the prOCCSS of root form- 

 fine roots. ation 



g carefully studied. 



It was found, as I have already indicated (pages 

 228, 235), that neither the place of origin of 

 the new roots nor the direction of them was 

 determined by the mode of pruning. Fig. 161 

 is an apple root trimmed to a simple stub, with 

 some of the fine side roots, a, left on. The new 

 roots arose both from the main trunk and from 



