1 1 6 Practical Orcharding On Rough Lands. 



planting will be one of the chief factors in de- 

 termining the stand of trees. Not only will it 

 affect the stand obtained but the length of life 

 and usefulness of the orchard may be largely 

 determined by careful attention to a few details 

 when the trees are planted. 



When to Plant. — This is a question upon 

 which there is a difiference of opinion among 

 successful planters; one preferring fall, while 

 likely a neighbor practices spring planting with 

 equal success. The matter of soil and cli- 

 mate does and should enter largely into the 

 decision of this question. If the soil is 

 open— that is, sandy or gravelly — so that there 

 is no necessity for allowing the subsoil to 

 freeze and thaw in order to loosen it up, and 

 if there is no danger of water standing in the 

 hole and if you want to economize time you 

 may do well to utilize the good fall, or open, 

 warm days of winter, and do your planting 

 then. So when the warm days of spring creep 

 in and crowd out the winter weather even be- 

 fore the ground is in good order for planting, 

 the trees may begin to take hold of the soil of 

 their new home, and be ready to grow as soon 

 as the weather will permit. That there are 

 some advantages in fall planting none will 

 deny, but to our mind there are so many dis- 



