128 Practical Orcharding On Rough Lands. 



ledge of rocks, so of course have no roots on 

 that side. We find these trees blown over and 

 yet none of the roots broken, but simply peeled 

 out. While if the wind had come from the 

 other direction so the roots would have acted as 

 an anchor rather than as a brace, they would 

 have had to have broken before the tree could 

 have blown over. So we should anchor the 

 tree by placing the longest and best roots to- 

 ward the prevailing winds rather than trying to 

 use them as braces. 

 Heavy Side of Tree.— We should always 



prefer placing the heavy side of the tree— gen- 

 erally the lowest limbs— towards the prevailing 

 winds. It sometimes happens that the longest 

 roots and the heaviest limbs are on opposite 

 sides of the tree. In such cases we should al- 

 ways give the root system the preference, as the 

 top may be changed or controlled by pruning. 

 After the tree is in position and the soil 

 placed around it and well firmed down, make 

 a level space about it from three to four feet in 

 diameter and fine the surface as if small seeds 

 were to be planted. The first year's growth 

 will depend very largely upon how well the 

 moisture is retained. For this reason it would 

 be well to maintain a dust mulch around the 

 trees during the growing season. Much de- 



