A. C. GRIESA & BRO., LAWRENCE, KANSAS. 
PLANTING. 
Fill up the hole with surface soil, so that after the earth is settled the tree will 
staud as it did when in the nursery, except Dwarf Pears, which should be planted 
deep enough to cover 2 or 3 inches the quince stock upon which they are budded. 
Work the soil thoroughly among the roots, and when well covered tramp firmly. Set 
the tree as firm as a post, but leave the surface filling (of poorer soil) light and loose. 
Never plant the tree deeper thau it was in the nursery. 
COMMERCIAL PLANTING. 
To those who have the ground and a suitable location, we cannot too strongly 
urge the planting of commercial orchards. For a pleasant and healthful occupation, 
and for large and sure profits, there is nothing to which a farmer can turn his energies 
with more satisfactory results. Forty, eighty or one hundred acres, planted to apples 
and properly cultivated, will not fail to make a fortune for those who give the matter 
their attention. So strongly are we impressed with this fact that we have already 
growing in young orchards more than fifty thousand apple and peach trees, and each 
year finds us adding to the list. 
Situated, as we are, in the center of the best apple belt in the world, we have 
made commercial planting a special study for years, and we make a few suggestions 
to prospective planters. 
Select as few varieties as possible, of those that do best in your locality. 
Plant young trees ; those two years old are preferable. 
Prepare your ground as for corn ; keep well cultivated while orchard is young. 
Plant the trees firmly and not too deep. 
PLANT YOUNG TREES. 
We cannot too strongly recommend to our customers the procuring of young 
trees, especially for orchard planting, instead of selecting the largest that can be had 
to secure a more immediate effect. Young trees can be taken up with more perfect 
roots, and will sooner become established in a new location. They can also be more 
readily trained to any desired shape. The largest and most successful planters 
invariably select young, thrifty trees as the surest to give thorough satisfaction in 
the end. 
For small grounds, or for street planting, where it is necessary to make a show 
as soon as possible, large trees are often desirable, and when handled with care should 
not fall to do well, but with the general planter the average loss will be much less, 
and both time and money will be saved, if young trees are selected to commence with. 
HOW TO WINTER TREES PROCURED IN THE FALL 
The practice of procuring supplies of trees in the fall is becoming more and 
more general as each season demonstrates its wisdom. It is a more favorable time 
than spring, because of the colder weather and the lighter pressure of business with 
nurserymen, the freighting companies and the planter. Even when fall planting is 
not desirable by reason of the severity of the climate, or from other cause, the stock 
may be procured in the fall, and thus be on hand ready for the opportune moment in 
the spring. To insure success, you have only to get your trees before freezing 
weather, and bury them in the following manner : Choose a dry spot, where no 
water will stand during the winter, and with no grass near to invite mice. Dig a 
trench, throwing out dirt enough to put a layer of roots well below the surface, and 
place the trees in it, inclined to an angle of 45 degrees or more. Widen the trench, 
throwing the soil on the roots and well up on the bodies of the trees now in position, 
then pack the earth closely and firmly around everj^ root. This work cannot be too 
well done. Place another layer in the trench, leaning the tops on the others, and sa 
on until all are in the trench ; then finish by throwing up more soil until the tops 
of the trees are nearly or quite covered. It is also well to bank up the earth around 
the sides to insure more thorough protection. Care should be taken to fill solidly all 
the interstices among the roots, and to pack the earth closely about the roots in the 
trenches. When the work is done, the tops should be well covered with waste hay or 
straw, to protect them from drying winds. If at the time of heeling-in the ground 
does not contain sufficient moisture, water should be applied to prevent injury from 
severe drying. If any further information is needed, do not hesitate to address 
A. C. GRIESA & BRO., 
Lawrence, Kansas. 
Telephone No. 140. 
MOUNT HOPE NURSERIES. 
