LUTHER BURBANK 



a common garden rake is used in leveling and 

 loosening up the soil along each side of the row, 

 which prevents "baking" and helps to keep the 

 temperature equable and the soil moist. The 

 most tender plants treated in this way are saved 

 almost without exception. 



Out in the Opex 



Nearly all plants should be set out in the field 

 somewhat deeper than they grow in the boxes. 

 When plants have long roots these should be 

 straightened out and placed as deeply as possible 

 in the soil to give them a good start by the time 

 the dry summer ^weather commences. Otherwise 

 the young plants could not, in some cases, extend 

 their roots fast enough to keep up with the 

 gradually disappearing moisture, and so might 

 die of thirst. 



When seedlings are removed from the pro- 

 tection of the glass house to the open air, or in 

 transplanting in the fields, it is best, if possible, 

 to choose a time when there are no severe 

 winds, and when the sun is not too hot and the 

 atmosphere neither too dry nor too chilly. 



Generally in California tender plants best 

 withstand moving from the greenhouse to the 

 open air just before or during a warm rain. At 

 such times the atmosphere is similar to that in 

 the greenhouse. Even under the most favorable 



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