42 PLANTING—-METHODS AND PROCESSES 
it will in all probability show the ill-effects during the 
whole of its existence. Hence it is a matter of the utmost 
importance that the planting should be properly done. 
Plant no trees except one-year-old trees, though you 
may have them grafted or budded on two-year-old roots. 
And it is wise to buy your trees, provided they are satis- 
factory, from the nearest local nursery. Not only are 
such trees better acclimatized, but they have a shorter 
journey to make, and hence run less risk of suffering 
damage or injury, besides which they travel for less cost. 
As soon as ever you receive your trees heel them in at once 
in the middle of the orchard they are to be planted in. 
On no account must the roots be exposed to the risk of 
drying out, a danger they are especially liable to in the 
parching atmosphere of the interior of British Columbia. 
In order to make sure that you shall have your rows 
straight, it is well to peg out beforehand the places in 
the first row which the trees are to occupy. Then, if you 
keep your distances true, your trees will all come into 
their proper places in the other rows, and all your rows 
will be symmetrical and mathematically exact. 
To insure the better fertilization or pollenization of 
the blossoms, it is advisable not to plant a solid mass of 
any one variety, but to plant two to four rows of each 
variety in succession, 
Process or PLantine.—Take a piece of flat board 
6 feet long and 4 inches wide. Cut a small notch in each 
end, and a bigger notch half-way along one side. Fit 
this bigger notch around the peg that marks where the 
tree is to go. Put a smaller peg in each of the smaller 
notches at the ends of the board. Take the board away, 
also the peg for the tree, leaving the two smaller pegs. 
