LAYING DOWN PLANTS 



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mulch -covers. Sometimes a V-shaped trough 

 made from two boards is placed over the stems 

 of long or vine -like plants which have been laid 

 down. All plants with slender or more or less 

 pliant stems can be laid down with ease. With 



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69. Laying down trellis-grown blackberries. 



such protection, figs can be grown in the northern 

 states. Peach and other fruit trees may be so 

 trained as to be tipped over and covered. For an 

 account of the method, see "Principles of Fruit- 

 Growing." 



Laid -down plants are often injured by the reten- 

 tion of the covering too late in the spring. The 

 ground warms up early, and may start the buds 

 on parts of the buried plants, and these tender 

 buds may be broken when the plants are raised, 



