Tamping the Dirt Around the Cuttings 



The setting out of cuttings is completed by tamping 

 the dirt rather firmly about them, either with the foot or with 

 a tamper like the one here shown. It is well to stir the surface subse- 

 quently with, an ordinary rake to loosen the soil at the surface, 

 so that it will not "bake." The picture shows also a 

 typical wooden marker, which in this case 

 records that the cuttings are the 

 roots of Standard stone- 

 less plums. 



