How to Plant 33 



plantation remaining for the orchard's existence, 

 those without previous experience should obtain the 

 aid of an experienced man to help them with this 

 work. 



PLANTING DECIDUOUS TREES AND VINES. 



As soon as the young trees have been received 

 from the nursery they should be unpacked and 

 "heeled in" in a trench. Water should be given 

 immediately, and the ground kept damp until the 

 trees are removed for planting. If the soil is damp, 

 deciduous trees and vines may be planted with 

 safety any time in August; should, however, the 

 land be dry, it is best to plant with an irrigation, or 

 at most a day before an irrigation. 



In digging the holes for planting the trees, the 

 pegs should not be removed, but the holes should 

 be dug at the side of the pegs and quite close to 

 them. By this means the pegs serve as a guide and 

 show* if the trees are being planted in line, but care 

 must be exercised in digging the holes all on the 

 same side of the pegs, or else the rows will not be 

 straight. On the average sandy lands it is not 

 necessary to dig large holes, which should be just 

 wide and deep enough to receive the roots of the 

 trees without cramping them, from 1 foot to 15 

 inches square, and from 9 inches to 1 foot deep will 

 be found about the right size. 



Before planting, all broken roots should be cut 

 off and all other roots trimmed back. The average 

 sized deciduous tree after being root-pruned should 

 have a root-spread of 1 foot to 15 inches in a hori- 

 zontal direction and be from 9 inches to 1 foot in 

 depth. The top of the tree should be pruned back to 

 1 foot to 15 inches from the ground, either to a 

 single stick or to three forks, according to the buds 

 upon it. 



