YOU WILL NEVER REGRET BOUNTIFUL RIDGE TREES 



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Successful Planting, Pruning and Care 



Be sure to remove label before tree begins to grow or it will be fatally injured 

 through strangulation 



In presenting these instructions to our patrons, we would earnestly request 

 that they give the most careful attention to the details. They have been compiled 

 with a view of making them as simple as possible . Having fulfilled our part of the 

 contract by delivering first-class stock in good condition, with full instructions 

 how to care for it, the fault is not ours if any of our customers should lose a portion 

 of their stock. Experience has taught us that purchasers frequently lose nursery 

 stock through neglect; and we have taken the precaution to send a copy of our 

 Transplanting Directions for every customer, so that none may claim that they do 

 not know how to plant and care for their stock. 



We guarantee to deliver the stock in good condition, and could we plant and 

 care for it for the first three months, would willingly insure the growth of every tree 

 and shrub sent out. We seldom lose a plant, even when we import them from 

 Europe and grow them here during the Summer for Fall delivery, and the stock is 

 out of the rgound for many weeks. Anything that is cultivated in the earth can not 

 live without nourishment and care. 



CARE OF STOCK 



The bundles should be opened immediately, 

 the roots dipped in water, then heeled in moist 

 ground so that the mellow earth will come in 

 contact with the roots and thoroughly protect 

 them from the air, having the earth tramped 

 solid about them. 



When ready to plant, take up only a few at 

 a time, puddle the roots and do not allow them 

 to lie exposed to the sun or air. 



The ground should be carefuly prepared by 

 deep plowing and firming down with a disc and 

 harrow. 



PLANTING 

 The holes for planting must be large enough 

 to receive the roots freely, without cramping 

 or bending them from their natural position. 

 All broken or mutilated portions of the roots 

 must be cut off so as to leave the ends smooth 

 and sound. All trees should be planted two or 

 three inches deeper than they stood in the nur- 

 sery row; pack the soil very firmly about the 

 roots by tamping with the feet or post tamper, 

 being careful not to bark or break the roots. 

 Leave three inches of the surface soil loose to 

 serve as a mulch. If the ground is very dry 

 apply one to two pails of water before this 

 soil mulch is in place, and after the water has 

 soaked away it can then be placed over the 

 moist soil. Never put manure so as to come 

 in contact with the roots of any plant or tree. 

 NUMBER OF TREES OR PLANTS TO THE 

 ACRE 



40 feet apart each way 28 



30 feet apart each way 48 



20 feet apart each way 110 



18 feet apart each way 135 



15 feet apart each way 205 



12 feet apart each way 300 



10 feet apart each way 435 



8 feet apart each way 680 



6 feet apart each way 1210 



5 feet apart each way 1745 



4 feet apart each way 2725 



3 feet apart each way 4840 



RULE — Multiply the distance in feet be- 

 tween the rows by the distance the plants are 

 apart in the rows, and the product will be the 

 number of square feet for each plant, which, 



divided into the number of square feet in an 

 acre (43,560), will give the number of plants 

 or trees to the acre. 



Almost Sure to Live 



Almost Sure to Die 



PRUNING 

 Apple and Pear — Select from three to five 

 of the branches to form the permanent head 

 of the tree. These branches should be well dis- 

 tributed around the trunk, and at safe distance 

 apart up and down the trunk. If two branches 

 come out, one exactly opposite the other, form- 

 ing a crotch, a split may occur at this weak- 

 point in later life, when the tree is full of fruit. 

 Shorten these selected branches to about five 

 buds, cutting the branches just above a bud 

 that points outward. Remove all the other 

 branches close to the trunk, leaving no stub 

 longer than one-eighth to one-quarter inch. Al- 

 so shorten back two-thirds the central leader 

 of the tree, if one exists, else the tree assumes 

 a too upright growth for best results in later 

 life. 



