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to accept this, not trying to put the tree 
either deeper in the ground or higher out 
of it. 
PROPER SIZED TREES TO SET. 
As to the most desirable sized trees uO 
plant. This is a question about which 
there are many different opinions, but 
my experience and observation has been 
that sizes usually listed in nursery cata¬ 
logues as Standard, are about as good as 
can be used. In deciduous trees, like 
peaches, plums, pears, mulberries, apples, 
persimmons, etc., this means 4 to 6 feet; 
while in citrus trees one year buds 4 to 
5 feet. Either medium size, 3 to 4 feet, 
or extra size, 6 feet and up, is all right, 
and some planters prefer smaller sizes, 
while still others want only two-year old 
buds in citrus trees. Two-year buds of 
deciduous trees are seldom as desirable 
as one-year buds and nothing is to be 
gained by using them, for the one-year 
buds, if thrifty, should give you fruit 
just about as soon and as much as the 
two-year olds. 
But, if good thrifty trees are planted, 
and sizes within reason, the size does not 
count so much. It is the proper care at 
time of planting and afterward that 
makes for success in fruit-growing, pro¬ 
vided always that proper varieties have 
been selected. 
DISCUSSION. 
Mr. Hart—Do you make it a point 
to plant trees in relation to the points 
of the compass; that is, do you plant 
them in exactly the same position as 
they were originally, with the north 
to the north? 
Mr. Frink—No, I don't think that 
makes any difference. Of course, I 
have not had a very long experience, 
but I never could see that it makes 
any difference whatever. 
