Laying Down the Plants. 99 
down in cold climates, and it may be well to 
relate the method here, for the benefit of those 
who oceupy bleak locations. Late in fall, the 
bushes are tipped over and covered. Three men 
are generally employed to perform this labor. One 
man goes ahead with a long-handled, round-pointed 
shovel and digs the earth away six inches deep 
from under the roots. The second man has a six- 
Fig. 9. Peach tree trained for laying down. 
tined or four-tined fork which he thrusts against 
the plant a foot or so above the ground, and by 
pushing upon the fork and stamping against the 
roots with the foot, the plant is laid over in the 
direction from which the earth was removed. The 
third man now covers the plant with earth or 
marsh hay. FEarth is generally used, and if the 
variety is a tender one the whole bush is covered 
