36 A TREATISE ON NUT CULTURE. 



HOW TO PLANT. 



HINTS BY PRACTICAL, ORCHARDISTS. 



* * * 



From The Farmer and Dealer. 



DEEP that the roots may have a chance to grow, that they may 

 have larger stores of plant food, retaining moisture and giving better 

 drainage. The greatest precaution should be taken to protect the roots of the 

 nursery stock, from the time it is taken up until transplanted. "A tree or 

 plant out of ground is like a fish out of water; it is in a dying condition." 



It is said that fully two-thirds of all the trees planted never reach the state 

 of well developed, productive specimens. How necessary it becomes to per- 

 form each and every operation, from the planting of the seed to the final 

 planting of the tree, and, in fact, its after culture, with the utmost care and 

 attention. 



Laying OUt an ^ HE WARNER PI.AN. Though thousands of trees 



Orchard have been set in this country, many persons still 



adhere to the old method of digging the holes some- 



where near where the trees ought to be set, and sighting for an indefinite length 

 of time to try to get the trees out so they will not look as if the Evil One, or 

 some other gentleman, had dropped them promiscuously. 



They can be set very quickly and easily as follows: 



First. Ascertain the size of the field to be set. Suppose, for example, it 

 is 485 feet long and 246 feet wide, and it be desired to set the trees in the 

 regular order, and 20 feet apart each way. Dividing 485 by 20 leaves a 

 remainder of 5, one-half of which is 2%. Then the trees may be set 2)4 feet 

 from the outside, along the sides of the field; or setting one row less, dividing 

 20 by 2, and adding the quotient to 2)^ feet, makes 12% as the distance from 

 the outside rows to the outside of the field. Or, they may be set 22^2 feet 

 from the outside along the sides. Dividing 246 by 20, and dividing the 

 remainder by 2, the quotient is 3. Then the outside rows along the ends may 

 be 3> J 3 or 2 3 f e t from the outside. 



