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changed slightly. A furrow six or eight inches deep is made 

 by a special plow, Fig. 13, or may be dug by hand. The roots 

 of the seedlings are cut back leaving five or six inches below 

 the ground line. These are then set in the furrows about 

 six inches apart and the soil pulled in and pressed around 

 the roots. A dibber or small hand hoe is used for this pur- 



FIG. 13. A Trencher for Making Furrows for Seedlings. 



pose. A cultivator with a special attachment for filling 

 the remainder of the ditch and firming the soil around 

 the roots is then run over the rows, which completes the 

 process. This same method is also used in setting out 

 apple root grafts in the spring. The customary practice 

 is to root graft the apple before planting and set pears as 

 seedlings to be budded through the summer. The setting 



