jllHmportant in 
fruit Crec Culture tDat leads to Success. 
Please send us full particulars as to aspect and the nature of the soil in your garden or 
orchards. 
Ascertain, if possible, the names of those varieties that do well in your immediate district, 
and let us know when the selection is to be left to us. 
Well dig and clean your ground before commencing to plant. Tlie soil should lay open a 
month. 
Use no manure the first season of planting ; place good fine soil over the roots and mulch 
them the following autumn. 
All trees should be pruned before being planted. We will gladly prune them fi-ee, when 
sending, should you express such a wish. 
Stake them securely, using old sacking or matting round the stems before tying tlie 
string to the stake. 
Never bruise the bark under any circumstances ; the crevices only make a home for all 
kind of insects and diseases. 
Write the names oh a good substantial label, or use the well-known Acme label. Plant 
them in rows, and make a key to them in a book for future reference. 
Do not let your freshly-planted trees carry more than a moderate quantity of fruit the 
first season. 
Submerge the roots of trees in water ; allow them to remain half-a-day, and then plant. 
Be sure to spread out all roots evenly, not bunch them ; lay out all broken roots, and 
then fill in with surface soil, firmly pressing the first lot of earth so as not to leave any 
cavities, at the same time placing the tree in proper position, and, should it be a dry season, 
water freely as you place each layer of soil over the roots. Tread all down firmly. 
If troubled with rabbits use wire netting round base of stems; if birds, use fish netting 
o,ver branches. 
Do not summer-prune your trees during the first year’s growth. 
Winter-prune your trees the first week in December. 
Last, but not least, spray your trees during October to the end of November twice or 
three times ; and from the second week in February to August spray as often as you care to 
go to the expense, using- Cannells’ “ One and Only ” Tree Wash, see 
Index. 
All foliage must be kept free fi'om mildew and insects. 
Write your name and address plainly. 
Do not forget our Fruitlands ane at Eynsford, and not at Swanley or 
Cockmannings. 
