PRACTICAL GARDENING 



The question now arises, after having 

 selected our favorite varieties, "What is the 

 best season and method of planting?" 



If you are living in a mild climate where the 

 temperature seldom drops to zero, plant the 

 trees in the fall. The root system will begin 

 to form before the soil is ready to cultivate 

 early in the spring. Even in the North, fall 

 planting is considered by many growers as the 

 best. The tree is in the soil when the root ac- 

 tion of established trees begins and readily 

 forms hundreds of feeding roots before there 

 is any sign of the bud starting. 



Spring planting should be done as soon as 

 the soil is fit to work and before the buds start. 

 One of the most satisfactory methods of 

 planting is first to stake out for the standard 

 trees like the Northern Spy, thirty-five by 

 forty feet apart, and the small headed trees 

 like the Wagner, twenty-five to thirty feet 

 apart. Dig a large hole placing the sod in 

 one pile, the surface soil in another, and the 

 subsoil in a third. If the holes are dug in 



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