THE SUBURBANITE'S HANDBOOK 



Root development 



Root injured before planting 



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Root development 



Not injured before planting 



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around the roots must be well compacted), then fill up the hole with 

 loose earth. SET THE TREE FIRM AS A POST, BUT LEAVE 

 THE SURFACE SOIL LIGHT AND LOOSE. 



Remember to plant the tree with the point of union between 

 the stock and graft a couple of inches ABOVE the soil. THIS IS 

 IMPORTANT, for although it may be advisable in planting standard 

 orchard trees to place the point of union with the graft below the 

 surface, the dwarf tree require the opposite line of treatment. We 

 graft the free growing cions on the Paradise or other dwarfing 

 stock for the express purpose of restricting its growth, and if we 

 plant the dwarf tree with the point of union below the surface of 

 the ground, the free growing cion will throw out roots of its own 

 and thus antagonize our work for dwarfing. I wish to impress 

 this point on my readers because they will find many authorities 

 recommending the practice of covering the point of union with the 

 soil. This they do from being unfamiliar with the requirements of 

 the dwarf trees, or ignoring their existence altogether; my object in 

 this hand-book being to instruct the suburbanite in the culture of 

 DWARF TREES, not commercial orchards; therefore I say nothing 

 about supporting the tree with a mound of earth or stakes, as at this 



