TUALATIN VALLEY NURSERIES, SHERWOOD, OREGON 
PLANTING INSTRUCTIONS 
Planting Season— Stock should not be planted until dormant in the fall nor 
after growth starts in the spring. Under ordinary weather conditions therefore our 
digging and shipping season begins in late October and continues until earl> May, 
the winters generally being sufficiently mild to permit safe handling of nursery 
stock, with but few short interruptions. Early fall planting is preferable as a rule 
as roots form all winter and stock is ready to grow as soon as warm weather begins. 
It is advisable to order early, as a better selection and more complete assort¬ 
ment can be had. Ordets placed early are generally planted early. Orders can be 
placed early with instructions to ship at a given time, when you are ready to plant. 
We want you for a satisfied customer. Write us for special quo¬ 
tations. 
CARE OF TREES ON ARRIVAL 
In case you do not immediately plant the trees, it will be well to 
heal them in, namely, to bury the roots in the ground to keep them 
fresh and from being frozen. 
In doing this dig a trench long enough and wide enough to hold 
the trees you have; cut the bottom string on the bunches, place them 
in the trench, spreading the trees so as to have the dirt worked in, 
leaving no exposed places. The tree should NOT be laid down at an 
angle of 45 degrees, but should be stood straight up, for a lot of 
nursery stock is injured by being healed-in in a reclining position, 
for many times the dirt from the trench is left under the trees which 
are close to the ground. This dirt is still warm, or warm enough to 
make the sap in the trees active and if there should be frosty weather 
in a short time after the trees have been healed-in, in a reclining 
position the sap will be frozen, resulting in soured sap and a lasting 
injury to the tree and you will also be writing in to the nursery that 
the stock was diseased, etc., when the cause was really wrong 
methods in healing-in. We do not mean to infer that to heal-in in a 
reclining position will always result in damage, but do mean to infer 
that you are flirting with disaster, if it is done. Be sure and bury 
the roots plenty deep, anyway 16 to 18 inches. 
In Planting: Do not plant too deep, but about an inch or two 
deeper than they grew in the nursery. This may be determined by 
the color of the bark above the roots, showing where the ground 
line came. Have the holes wide enough so as to hold the roots with¬ 
out crowding. Tramp well after a couple of inches of dirt have been 
put in, etc., until the hole is filled up, leaving the top dirt without 
being tramped. In late spring planting, if a bucket of water could 
be thrown in when the hole is half filled with dirt it would be very 
beneficial. 
Do not plant or expose the roots when it is freezing. That is, do 
not start planting frosty mornings or until it starts to thaw, and do not 
leave the trees you have not planted during the day outside and take 
a chance on it not freezing until you start planting again the next 
morning. For if the exposed roots are caught in a frost, the chances 
are that they will not grow and you might think you had been 
swindled by your nurseryman, while it would only be through 
your own negligence in not taking care of the trees during planting 
operations. 
