1 06 Practical Orcharding On Rough Lands. 



old tree will likely be more satisfactory, as they 

 may be seen somewhat easier than the yearling 

 switch, among the sprouts and stumps. If the 

 one-year tree is used it should have special care 

 and cultivation the first season, or it may show 

 the lack of its second year's treatment in the 

 nursery, of which it has been deprived. One 

 of the great advantages of the switch tree is 

 the opportunity for each grower to train and 

 shape the head as he may desire. Never plant 

 an apple tree that is more than two years old. 

 While some of them may live, the risk is too 

 great, and the root system has been too long 

 established to permit of a change without a 

 serious check. The sooner a tree is in its per- 

 manent place, — all things being equal — the 

 stronger will be its root system, and conse- 

 quently the longer its period of usefulness. 



Comparative Hardness in Fall and 

 Sprung Setting. — If fall planting is to be 



practiced and the site is exposed to constant 

 winds the two-year-old tree will likely stand 

 the winter better than the yearling. The former 

 has had a better opportunity to ripen its wood, 

 and has possibly more plant food stored in its 

 roots, stems and branches than the switch. Its 

 bark will probably be thicker and the moisture 

 will not escape as readily as from the younger 

 tree, which likely grew very late in the fall 



