

Left — Diagonal planting system — the best we know of for apples in most sections. Permanent trees iNo. i , 40 feet apart; fillers 

 to be removed in ten or twelve years. 1 No. 2), and fillers to be removed in eighteen or twenty years. iNo. 3', where shown. 



Hints on Buying, Unpacking, Planting and Caring for Trees 



We begin fall shipment of trees about October i. Before that time the sap is still active, and wood 

 has not ripened enough to permit digging In the spring we can ship to the South as early as February, and 

 to the Xorth as late as May. Be sure to have your trees shipped in good time. Remember that a tree has 

 twice as good chance to live and will make more growT:h,if planted in early spring, than when planted too 

 late to benefit by spring rains and growing weather. 



As soon as the trees anive, get them from the station and unpack. Direct sun, a drying wind, or too 

 much heat on the box or bale will be detrimental. Trees should not freeze, but if they are frozen, bur>' the 

 package entire or put it in a cool cellar without unpacking, and allow it to thaw out gradually. If not frozen 

 and you can not plant at once, heel in the trees, covering tops and all with dirt. If the trees appear dry or 

 shriveled, through delay in transit, unpack and soak roots and tops in watei for a few hours, then entirely 

 bury them in damp place till they regain their fresh appearance. 



When ready to plant, get a tub, a barrel cr a tank in which you can carry the trees with their roots 

 in watei. Trim off all broken and bruised roots with a slanting cut on the undei side. Dig roomy holes. 

 If you dynamite the subsoil beneath holes, v our trees will make as much growth in three years as they would 

 in fcur or five years planted in plain dug holes. (See "How to Grow and ?vlarket Fruit.") Fill in with fine 

 soil about the little roots. Get the dirt into every crevice. Leave no air-spaces. An inch or two en the 

 surface should be loose, as a mulch, to conserve moisture. 



Cover the ground for a few feet about newly planted trees with a heaw mulch of leaves cr straw. 

 jMice will net chew the bark if you are careful to keep the mulch back six inches cr a foot from the trunk. 

 Heap up the earth about twelve inches at the trunk. At planting time, or a month afterward (always in spring) , 

 prune the newly set trees. Cut the main stems of peach trees down to 12 cr 15 inches, and stems of apples 

 and other trees to less than two feet. Branches of peach must be shortened to inch stubs, but on apple or 

 other trees, a set of frame limbs must be left where you want them. Cut to buds in the desired direc- 

 tions, on whips. 



See the introduction to each fruit for the distance apart to plant trees. The following table will tell 

 you how many are required for an acre at any distance apart. 



Distance 



40 feet apart 



35 " " 



30 " " 



25 " " 



20 " " 



18 " " 



16 " •' 



15 " ■' 



Triangular 



Square 



Distance 



31 



27 



12 feet apart 



40 



35 



10 '■ 



55 



50 



8 " 



80 



70 



6 " 



125 



no 



4 " 



155 



135 



3 '• 



194 



169 



2 " 



225 



195 





Mangular 



Square 



350 



305 



505 



435 



775 



680 



1,600 



1,210 





2,725 





4,840 





10.560 



Arrange the trees by a good plan. We illustrate an excellent diagonal planting plan on this page. If 

 apples, put the permanent trees 40 feet apart, then put a filler between each two of these. With peais and 

 Qherries the distance apart will be less. (See pages 54 to 62 in "How to Grow and Market Fruit.") 



lerms: 



Cash must accompans' the order, unless it is otherwise agreed. 



No charges will be made for packing, at the prices quoted here. We pack as lightly as possible. Special 

 low rates are granted on trees by all express companies. 



We guarantee that every plant and tree we sell will be true to name. We are ready, on proper proof, to 

 replace, free of charge, any thing we send out that proves untrue to label; but it is understood that we are 

 not to be held for a greater sum than was paid for the plants. 



Claims for deductions on account of errors, etc., should be made within five days after the trees 

 or plants reach you. 



