"he low headed trees have the advantage over the high 
headed ones in being easier to s;ray, prune and gather fruit 
from. They are less liable to injury from heavy winds, and 
the dropped fruit will be less bruised, The fruit wiil coior 
and ripen as well on low trees as on high ones, 
In planting the trees in mellcow and weil prepared soil 
the holes need be only deep enough to recieve the tree ease- 
ily. In hard ground or sod the hole shouid be three feet or 
more in diameter, and deep enough to set the tree two inches 
or more below the point at which it stocd in the nursery row. 
The tap soil and subsdil shovld be placed in seperate piles, 
and the top soil placed in the hole first. The soil should be 
well worked among the roots and firmed by tramping with the 
feet. “he hole shoutd be well filled withthe subsoil placed 
on top. A little loose soil should be sprinkied on top in 
spring planting to act as a mulch to retain the moisture, 
Tf the trees can not be planted as soon as they are 
recieved from the nursery, they should be heeled in et cnce, 
Tnis consists in digging a trench in which to stand or recline 
the trees, and shoveiing earth over the rocts and a part of 
the trunk. This keeps the roots from drying out until the 
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