270 Gardening Under Glass 



all there is to do is to level off the beds, breaking 

 up any coarse material that may have been over- 

 looked. We are now in condition for planting. 



The most appropriate time to plant young 

 stock for winter forcing is around the first of 

 June. This gives ample time to have good 

 strong plants by fall. The rows will be placed 

 according to width of bench. For instance, a 

 bench, say anywhere from three and one half to 

 four feet in width, would accommodate four rows. 

 Then some varieties may be planted a bit closer 

 in the rows than others; the Killarne^^s, for in- 

 stance. However, to take the happy medium, 

 fifteen inches apart in the rows for own root 

 plants, sixteen inches for grafted stock, would be 

 about the correct distance to plant. For Ameri- 

 can Beauty allow eighteen inches. 



Have the young stock in a moist condition be- 

 fore planting; plant ungrafted root stock a trifle 

 lower than they were in the pots or cover the top 

 of bed with one fourth inch of soil. Grafted 

 plants should be planted deep enough to cover 

 the union: thus will be seen the advantage of 

 grafting them as low as possible, and in planting 

 the soil firmly, leaving a depression around the 

 plants for watering, as it is much better to just 

 water around the plants for a time than to satu- 

 rate the whole bench. 



