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 not^ 
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 stra^, or biu-y the box or pack- 
age under a foot or more of earth. 
If the weather is mild, but you are not ready to plant>^ 
unpack immediately and put them into 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 dtying 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 
packing. If the weather is hot and the buds swell, be par- 
ticularly 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 injivioiis. 
Mound up the dirt about the tree three or four inches high; 
Jeave 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 tmdesirable branches. 
With two-year apple and pear, shorten the limbs to from 
6 to lo inches; with one-year apple and pear, cut off the 
trunk 2 to 3}^ feet from the ground. 
With cherry trees, cut out any damaged or broken or 
interfering branches. Some growers cut out the central 
leader «nd all but three to five branches, and even cut off 
the tip ends a few inches. 
With peach, apricot and plum trees, cut off the trunk 12 
to IS 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 cur- 
rant are usually cut back before shipment from the nfrsery. 
They should be left 4 or 5 inches long. 
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