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plants are strong enough even after transplanting to 

 be self-supporting and their roots find water for 

 themselves. I allowed the plants to grow to two and 

 three feet before they were transplanted. Shelter 

 from strong winds is desirable, and almost a necessity, 

 as my trees ran up so rapidly and such striplings that 

 tornadoes blew down two or three, which were 

 consequently lost. When the young trees reached 

 fifteen to twenty feet, I found topping (removing 

 some five and six feet every four or five months) 

 essential and strengthening. 



