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BETTER FRUIT 



May 



Evergreen trees can be transplanted 

 almost any month of the year, but the 

 best results at the station have been 

 secured by transplanting in spring just 

 as the buds are beginning to expand, 

 which is usually from the tenth of April 

 to the first of May, or immediately after 

 the spring growth has hardened, which 

 is from the middle to the. last of July. 

 Trees transplanted during these seasons 

 of the year have given universally good 

 results. Deciduous trees must be trans- 

 planted during the fall after their wood 

 has thoroughly ripened or very early in 

 spring. Late spring planting in Eastern 

 Washington is not at all satisfactory on 

 account of the long dry summer, and 

 should always be discouraged. 



Nothing can take the place of clean 

 culture for trees. Surface watering is 

 worse than no water, and grass and 

 weeds will permanently injure, if not kill, 

 newly transplanted trees. If cultivation 

 with horse tools is possible this is the 

 best and most economical way to care for 

 them. If this is not possible then hand 

 raking and hoeing is the next best thing. 

 If the trees stand alone on a lawn or 

 park that is frequently watered it is best 

 to keep the grass from growing closer 

 than five or six feet and mulch this area 

 with well rotted manure. By applying 

 water to this mulch the ground cannot 

 dry out and bake, the mulch serving the 

 purpose of holding the moisture and add- 

 ing fertility. Once or twice during the 

 summer the mulch should be raked of? 

 and the soil forked over or spaded up 

 thoroughly and then raked down again 

 and the mulch put back. This is to make 

 plant food available and keep the soil 

 from becoming hard. 



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Every large farm in the Inland Empire 

 should have its wood lot. A wood lot is 

 to the farm what the work basket is to 

 the wife, and while it may be given the 

 poorest, hardest soil on the farm, yet at 

 present prices for fuel and fence posts it 

 will pay good interest on the best farm 

 land in the country if carefully planted to 

 trees that are adapted to the conditions 

 and regularly cultivated for the first few 

 years. By practicing a system of coppice 

 work regular annual returns may be 

 expected after the sixth year, and from 

 that time forward posts, poles and fuel 

 may be annually cut from the wood lot. 



The following are a few trees that are 

 extremely worthy of mention: The Nor- 

 way and Sycamore maples are especially 

 commended for general shade planting 

 on account of their hardiness, rapid 

 growth, ability to stand drouth, good 

 shade producing habits and general free- 

 dom from plant pests. The black locust, 

 Carolina poplar and silver poplar are 

 extremely valuable for very quick shade, 

 wind breaks, etc.. and should be used in 

 all collections. The English maple, flow- 

 ering ash, English oak and European 

 linden have all produced such strikinglj- 

 attractive trees on the campus that 

 everyone who sees them admires them. 

 These trees, while not so rapid of 

 growth, make dense shade and are of 

 great value for places where medium 

 sized, attractive trees are desired. The 

 cut-leaved weeping birch, hardy catalpa, 

 golden willow and Colorado blue spruce 

 are all so hardy and universally admired 

 that no large lawn or park should be 

 planted without one or more of these 

 being included. The large wood produc- 

 ing ability of the European larch, white 

 willow, Cottonwood and black locust 

 makes these trees very profitable to grow 

 for post and fuel purposes. 



From a long and varied experience we 

 would suggest the planting of those trees 

 mentioned in the following list for special 

 purposes: 



Large, rapid growing trees for street 

 and shade: Black locust, Carolina pop- 

 lar, silver poplar, cottonwood and Ore- 

 gon maple. The last mentioned for west 

 of the Cascades only. 



Large, medium growing trees for 

 street and shade: Sycamore maple, Nor- 

 way maple, silver maple, Scotch elm. 

 English oak, English maple, flowering 

 ash, green ash. hackberry, box elder, 

 black walnut, scarlet oak, European lin- 

 den and horse chestnut. 



Deciduous trees for lawn or park plant- 

 ing: Cut-leaved weeping birch. Euro- 

 pean linden, flowering - ash. Wein's cut- 

 leaved maple. Japanese chestnut. Ameri- 

 can hornbeam. English oak. scarlet oak. 

 red maple, American mountain ash. 

 white birch. European mountain ash, 

 Bolles poplar, Lombardy poplar, golden 

 willow, European larch, native thorn and 

 hardy catalpa. 



Evergreen trees for lawn and park 

 planting: Colorado blue spruce, Norway 

 spruce, Engelman's spruce. Black Hills 

 spruce, Douglas fir, white fir, Irish 

 juniper, Austrian pine. Scotch pine, 

 dwarf mountain pine and giant cedar. 



Best trees for single row wind breaks 

 or tall screens: Lombardy poplar, white 

 willow, apple, Douglas fir, Austrian pine, 

 Scotch pine, box elder. Norway spruce 

 and giant cedar. 



The best trees for single row wind 

 breaks or low screens: English maple, 

 golden willow, American hornbeam. 

 Engelman's spruce and white spruce. 



The best trees to plant for fuel pur- 

 poses: European larch, black locust, 

 Austrian pine, white willow, cottonwood 

 and white maple. 



The best trees to plant on drj- soil or 

 in windy, exposed situations: Black 

 locust, box elder, Russian wild olive, 

 green ash. English maple. Black Hills 

 spruce. Scotch pine. Austrian pine and 

 Engelman's spruce. 



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