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den that includes fruit and nut trees is diagrammed in figure 2. 
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FicurEe 2.—Suggested arrangement for a half-acre fruit and nut garden. Row 
A—Nos. 1 to 3, pecans. Row B—Nos. 1 to 4, apples; Nos. 5 to 6, pears. Row 
C—Nos. 1 to 5, peaches; Nos. 6 to 8, plums. Row D—Nos. | to 10, cherry- 
plum hybrids. Row H—dewberries (22 plants; Young and Boysen). Row 
F—strawberries (2 varieties). Rows G and H—bunch or muscadine grapes on 
wire trellises. 
Wuen ano How ro Puiantr.—In the northern districts usually a 
better stand of trees and plants will be obtained by setting them as 
early in the spring as it is possible to prepare the soil. In the southern 
districts planting may be done during late fall or winter. The ground 
should be prepared as thoroughly as for a vegetable garden. It is 
important that the plants be entirely dormant, with no buds starting at 
time of planting; the roots should not be allowed to dry out. Berries 
and grapes should be set at the same depth as they grew in the nursery. 
The fruit and nut trees should be set shghtly deeper. The roots should 
be spread out when the plants are set. When the holes are dug the 
topsoil and subsoil are separated. ‘The topsoil is placed about the roots 
of the tree in the holes and the subsoil is used last to fill up the rest of 
the hole. The soil should be thoroughly firmed about the roots to pre- 
vent drying out and to help hold the tree in position. 
Prunine Berore PLantina.—-Before strawberries are planted all 
fully developed leaves should be picked off. The canes of dewberries 
and blackberries should be cut back to 6 inches at time of planting. 
Grapevines are usually cut back, leaving only one or two buds. If 
fruit trees obtained from the nursery are unbranched whips, they 
should be headed back to a height of 3 to 3% feet. If they have several 
good-sized branches, well spaced along the trunk, three or four may be 
left. These should be spaced about a foot apart along the trunk and 
should point in different directions. 
