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Before setting, all 

 bruised and broken roots 

 should be removed, re- 

 membering that the plant 

 is better off with a few 

 short healthy roots than 

 with a mass of long, 

 bruised ones. It will take 

 more strength from the 

 tree to attempt to rebuild 

 these injured parts than 

 it would to throw out 

 new ones. All cuts that 

 have been made by re- 

 moving the tree from the 

 nursery row should be 

 renewed. Fresh wounds 

 heal more readily than 

 old ones. In renewing 

 these or making fresh 

 ones all cuts should be 

 made from the under 

 side. This allows the cut 

 surface to come in more 

 perfect contact with the 

 soil, then it lessens the 

 liability of damage by 



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the end of the root between bark and wood and 

 causing the root to die back as is sometimes the 

 case when the cut surface is up. For the same 

 reason they callus much better, and this is of 

 great importance. In order that all the cuts 



