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 tJSef^e the oL here shown It is well to .(jr f^, -//;« f ''- 

 quenlly with an ordinary rake to loosen the soi at the surjace. 

 ' 50 that it will not '•bake." The picture shows also a 

 typical wooden marker, which in this case 

 record^; that the cuttings are the 

 roots of Standard stone- 

 less plums. 



