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“Heeling-in.”— Nursery stock is packed in moss and 
straw. The box should be opened, and if the trees are 
not planted at once, the bundles should be “heeled-in” 
out of doors, by covering with earth. A trench is dug, 
the moss or packing is removed from the bundles, and 
the trees are set vertically in the trench. After moisten¬ 
ing, earth is packed about the trees. 
Fig. 35.—Small fruits, strawberries and blackberries. 
Planning an Orchard. —Tree fruits, in order to ob¬ 
tain the largest production, should be planted separ¬ 
ately. The small fruits are more convenient when lo¬ 
cated near the garden. The check system enables the 
grower to cultivate more thoroughly and economically. 
Apples, for a soil of ordinary fertility, should be planted 
in checks thirty feet by thirty feet, peaches twenty 
by twenty, plums, cherries and apricots eighteen by 
eighteen feet, grapes in nine-foot rows, eight feet apart, 
blackberries in eight-foot rows, two feet apart in the 
