122 Practical Orcharding On Rough Lands, 



may have as near the same slope as possible, 

 place the tree under the left arm in position so 

 as to be whittled with ease, then with a sharp, 

 stout knife, prepare the tree for setting as just 

 described. 



Depth of Planting.— This should be gov- 

 erned somewhat by the contour of the land. 



Trees should always be set some deeper than 

 they grew in the nursery row, for the loose 

 earth will settle down around them and we 

 shall find that they are not as deep as they 

 looked to be when planted. If the land is level 

 they should be set from one to two inches 

 deeper than they grew in the nursery. If the 

 land is steep they should be set two to four 

 inches deeper. As on the steep land the dirt 

 will not only settle, but is liable to be washed 

 and worked away from around the trees. We 

 should remember that a tree never gets any 

 deeper in the ground than it was planted. 

 While some may be planted too deep, we be- 

 lieve more suffer from too shallow planting. 

 While some may suf5fer from being smothered 

 by deep planting, there is more danger of dam- 

 age by severe freezing or danger from drought 

 by extreme shallow planting. While the ex- 

 treme shallow planted trees often suffer more 

 from the effects of the woolly aphis than those 

 whose roots are deeper in the ground. 



