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WASHINGTON AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION 

 Pullman, Washington, March 10, 1917 



POPULAR BULLETIN No. 108 



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Tree Planting in Eastern Washington 



0. M. Morris, Horticulturist 



The purpose of this bulletin is to give information that 

 will be of value to those interested in tree planting. There 

 is an increasing interest in planting trees for the purpose of 

 Increasing the comfort and attractiveness of the home. The 

 reports of the State Department of Agriculture indicate 

 that in the last three years there has been a good increase 

 in the sale of nursery trees other than fruit trees. 

 Large numbers of these have been used in towns and there 

 is need of increasing the plantings made around the farm 

 home for windbreak formation and in other ways increas- 

 ing the attractiveness of the place. 



The nursery grown deciduous trees are usually better 

 than those taken from the native woods. The tree started 

 in the native woods seldom has a root system well adapted to 

 transplanting work, and the top is usually not so well formed 

 as the nursery grown tree. 



SEASON OF PLANTING 



Late fall and early spring are the best seasons for plant- 

 ing. Late fall planting is most convenient and satisfactory 

 for groves or windbreaks in which a large number of plants 

 are set and the work must continue for three or four weeks. 

 For the small place where only a few trees are used and the 

 ,work can be done quickly, spring planting is most common 

 because it is most convenient. The planting should be done 

 Before growth starts in the spring, but if the ground is wel] 

 prepared and the work well done there is little difference 

 in results of the fall and spring planting. The work may 

 'be done any time during the winter when the weather and 

 conditions of the soil will permit. 



PREPARATION OF THE LAND 



The land should be prepared by thoro, deep cultivation 

 and fertilization. Deep fall plowing followed by disking or 

 harrowing will develop a suitable soil for large plantings. 

 The soil for the small plantings about the house should be 

 well fertilized. This can best be" done with a good dressing 

 of well rotted barnyard manure. It should extend ten feet 

 or more in every direction from .where the tree is to stand. 



