DEVICES FOR SETTING . TREES 1Q7 



the tree. After the hole is dug and everything ready for setting the 

 tree, again place the frame against the two standing stakes, let the 

 tree drop into the other corner, which will help support it while the 

 dirt is being placed about the roots ; and this will bring the tree 

 exactly where the stake was originally. If the stakes are properly 

 put in line, so will be the trees. 



These setters are described as they are used when the hole is dug 

 and the tree set at the same time. Such is the ordinary practice in 

 planting. If one wishes to dig the holes beforehand, it is necessary 

 to furnish more stakes, as two have to be left beside each hole to 

 mark the position of the setter when the planting is done. Besides 

 its use in bringing a tree into line, the tree-setter enables one to 



Triangular tree setter. 



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judge of the depth of setting as compared with the surface of the 

 surrounding ground. It is not easy to determine this with the eye 

 if the hole be a large one. Where the measuring wire is used to 

 set the stakes, it is sometimes stretched across again after the holes 

 are dug, the tags on the wire thus indicating the places for the trees 

 of the whole row r . The trouble with this practice is the bother of 

 having the wire in the way while filling and tramping the earth 

 around the roots. 



SELECTING TREES 



In the purchase of trees it is well to patronize nurserymen in 

 your own district, providing they are honest and intelligent men, 

 who keep themselves informed as they should about their business. 

 The advice of such a local nuKseryman is often of great value to the 

 newcomer, for he will know by his experience and observation much 

 about the adaptations of fruits and varieties thereof to the region. 

 If, for any reason, local nurseries do not meet your needs, seek 

 some well-established nursery at a distance. It is much safer to 

 deal directly with the grower of the trees than to patronize traveling 



