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their trees are not of the desired shape, 
it would be better to order from a dis- 
tant nursery rather than to accept un- 
desirable stock. By dealing with a local 
nurseryman the buyer can visit the nur- 
sery and personally select his stock, and 
at the same time reduce the risk of intro- 
ducing injurious insects and diseases that 
are not common to the neighborhood. 
Again, home nurserymen are more likely 
to supply the kind of stock ordered and 
to correctly label their goods, for if they 
persistently misrepresent they cannot 
long continue in business. The agent 
for a distant firm, on the other hand, 
can constantly change his field of opera- 
tion. 
(3) Still further by securing trees at 
the nearby nursery all danger from dam- 
age by long transit and the injurious 
effects of sunshine and frosts are avoided; 
besides, if the farmer makes his pur- 
chase direct from the nurseryman, he 
will save the expense of the middleman 
or agent, and is less liable to the mis- 
takes and injury that may occur through 
repeated handling. 
To sum up, trees from the nursery 
should be: 
1. First-class stock. 
2. Vigorous and stocky with good 
root systems. 
3. Well shaped and low headed. 
4. Preferably purchased from local 
nursery if good stock can be obtained. 
5. Correctly named. 
(1) Fabian Garcia. 
{2) C.D. Jarvis. 
(3) G. B. Brackett. 
Kind of Trees to Buy 
Most growers plant two-year-old trees 
and, other things being equal, they are 
probably most desirable. It is often dif- 
ficult, however, to get such trees of the 
desired shape. 
The two-year-old tree has its top formed 
in the crowded nursery row and there- 
fore does not assume the proper shape. 
During recent years the difficulty of get- 
ting properly shaped trees has been 
greatly lessened, for the nurserymen are 
now heading their trees much lower. 
The low-headed tree is now generally 
preferred, but with those varieties, like 
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Rhode Island Greening and Tolman, that 
are naturally spreading, the head may 
be started higher, than with varieties like 
the Yellow Transparent, that are nat. 
urally upright growers. 
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Fig. 1. A Two-year-old Nursery Tree Before 
and After Pruning. This tree was not headed 
in enough the first year and it was there- 
fore necessary to remove much of the top. 
In addition it was headed too high in the be- 
ginning. 
*If two-year-old trees of the proper 
shape cannot be obtained it would be 
better to buy yearlings, which are mere 
whips, and plant them in a nursery row 
for a year, giving them more room than 
they previously occupied. In this way 
the grower may shape his trees to suit 
himself. This method is especially ap- 
plicable to the man who must clear his 
land before planting, for the reason that 
there would be no loss of time. With 
the man who has his ground ready to 
plant, on the other hand, it would mean 
a loss of one year. Some recommend 
the buying of yearling trees and plac 
ing them back in the nursery row for 
two or more years, or the buying of two- 
year-old trees and putting them back in 
n jp Northwest one-year-old stock preferred. 
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