LAYING OUT THE PLANTATION 



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earth well packed down and about six 

 inches high around each trunk, or use a 

 galvanized hardware cloth or netting 

 protector. If made 24 or more inches 

 high it should prevent rabbit injuries 

 also (Fig. 18). 



Never dig deeply near trees unless 

 it is desired to cut off the roots, and 

 never cultivate deeply around bushes 

 for the same reason. 



Make the trunks short 6 to 18 

 inches to favor pruning, spraying, 

 thinning and gathering the fruit. Short 



Fig. 19. Long trunks are undesirable. 

 They are no longer in fashion 



trunks and ample space be- 

 tween trees also favor wide 

 spreading and low heading 

 which means less damage by 

 wind (Fig. 11). 



Long trunks are undesir- 

 able (Fig. 19). 



Either before or immedi- 

 ately after the area is planted 

 make a plan showing the varie- 

 ty name and the location of each 

 plant. Then remove every label 

 wire from each specimen, for if 

 a wire or even a string is left it 

 may kill the parts of the tree 

 above, because of a constric- 

 tion which will form. (Fig. 20). 



Fig. 20. Notice the bulge at the base of the 

 center branch. A copper label wire was left 

 on the first year. Hence the branch blos- 

 somed the second season and died the 

 following Winter 



