GENERAL DIRECTIONS 
When Your Trees and Examine the shipment upon arrival, 
Plants Arrive. and if there should happen to be any 
damage, have the agent make a note 
of it on the express receipt, which should be mailed to us 
at once. 
Care of Stock. All nursery stock should be planted imme- 
diately. If they reach you during freezing 
weather, put the package in a cool, dry, frost-proof cellar 
or building and cover it with straw, or bury the box or package 
under a foot or more of earth. 
If the weather is mild, but you are not ready to plant, 
unpack immediately and put them in a cool cellar, covering 
the roots with damp packing from the package and spread 
old sacks or canvas over them, sprinkling on water from time 
to time — just enough to keep them from drying out. 
It is even better to heel them in. Select a dry, well- 
drained location. Dig a trench two feet deep and wide 
enough to avoid crowding the roots. Put the trees in with 
the tops a foot or more higher than the roots. Cover the 
entire tree with a foot of earth. 
Planting. Be careful not to expose the roots to the wind or 
sun. Keep them covered with wet sacks or pack- 
ing. If the weather is hot and the buds swell, be particularly 
careful to avoid getting water on the buds. 
Prune the roots by cutting off the small dead fibre roots 
and any bruised or broken roots with a smooth cut. The 
other roots should be shortened a little. 
Set the trees two inches deeper than they stood in the 
nursery. It is wise to dig the holes much larger than is nec- 
essary to give the roots plenty of room. Fill in with top soil 
first, and tread it in firmly about the roots. If the ground 
is dry, pour in several gallons of water; usually the earth 
is moist enough, and too much water would be injurious. 
Mound up the dirt about the tree three or four inches high; 
leave this loose and unpacked to conserve the moisture. 
Pruning. When fruit trees, shrubs, roses, or ornamental 
trees are planted, the limbs should be cut back 
about two-thirds, removing entirely undesirable branches. 
With two-year apple and pear, shorten the limbs to from 
6 to 10 inches; with one-year apple and pear, cut off the trunk 
2 to feet from the ground. 
With cherry trees, cut out any damaged or broken or in- 
terfering branches. Some growers cut out the central leader 
and all but three to five branchesi and even cut off the tip 
ends a few inches. 
With peach, apricot, and pliun trees, cut off the trunk 
12 to 15 inches from the ground and shorten the limbs back 
to about an inch. 
Grapevines should be cut back to two or three sound 
buds, and the roots a half to two-thirds. 
The tops of blackberry, raspberry, gooseberry, and currant 
are usually cut back before shipment from the nursery. They 
should be left 4 or 5 inches long. 
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For detailed information, see "Inside Facts of Profitable Fruit-Growing" and "How 
to Beautify Your Home Grounds." These books are sold at the nominal price of lo 
cents per copy, but are sent free to every customer. 
It is surprising at what little expense and trouble a 
place can be made attractive to the owner and to other people 
too. This little book makes it simple and easy. It contains 
48 pages and 66 pictures and diagrams. 
It tells: 
Beginners, and Experts too, say this book is: "Most 
Practical, Concise, Reliable, Helpful, Up-to-date Guide to 
Fruit-Growing." It contains 80 pages, many pictures, 
drawings and diagrams. 
It tells: 
What, where, when, and how 
to plant; how to prune and care 
for your shrubs, etc., at planting 
time and after they attain full 
size. 
What to use for hedges, for 
screens to provide se'clusion and 
to shut out imdesirable views. 
What to use for borders in 
the comers of your lot and ^ong 
the fotmdation of your house 
and other buildings. 
"I think it is one of the most comprehensive little works 
on the elements of good taste in planting and good method 
in sucoeding with ornamental plants that I have ever seen. 
Several of our students who are interested in developing good 
home places have read it and have expressed a similar opinion 
of it." — Dr. J. C. Whitten, University of Missouri. 
"I feel it is only right to tell you that while I received 
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done in your book, 'How to Beautify Your Home Grounds'." 
— W. S. FoBBBB, Massachusetts. 
How to choose the best site. 
How to know good trees. 
How to plant, pnme, spray, 
cultivate, fertilize, etc. 
How to help pay for an or- 
chard with fillers 
About cover crops, thinning 
fruit. 
Why trees do not bear. 
How to grow strawberries and 
other fruits. 
INSIDE FACTS 
PROFITABLE" 
FRUIT CROWING 
"Exceedingly useful to every fruit-grower fortunate 
enough to possess a copy." — Prof. W. L. Howard, Univers- 
ity of California. 
''This little volume is intensely valuable to fruit-grow- 
ers." — De. J. C. Whitten, University of Missouri. 
"Send me twelve copies for my foremen in charge of my 
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"Just the advice and information I have been hunting 
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''It carries the practical work of a horticultural college 
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"Wouldn't take $1.00 for the book and be without it." 
— R. M. McMiiiLEN, M.D., West Virginia. 
