TRANSPLANTING DIRECTIONS. 3 
produce borers to destroy the tree. 
Borers are not found in fruit trees on this 
Coast unless the trees have been exposed 
to the broiling sun. After a year or two 
when the trees begin to grow rapidly 
they will not require protection. 
EARLY PLANTING. 
On all soils where water does not stand 
during the winter, trees will be much 
more sure to live and will usually make 
about twice as much growth the first year 
if planted in the Fall. 
PEAGH TREES. 
These should be planted immediately 
on their delivery, or if not prepared to 
do so, the roots should be buried in the 
ground; they will not stand exposure to 
sun and air, and many are lost simply 
for want of care. As soon as planted, cut 
back all side branches to within two or 
three inches of the main stem. Make 
this the invariable practice, and never 
deviate from it if you wish to save your 
trees. The growth will be much more 
rapid and vigorous in consequence of this 
pruning, and by strictly adhereing to it, 
and by immediate planting or covering 
the roots in the soil, very few, if any 
trees will be lost. Peaches, like all other 
stock we deliver, will be in fine condition, 
having been carefully handled and kept 
from exposure by us. If you do not fol¬ 
low our directions and meet with loss, 
the fault will be entirely with you. 
CULTIVATION AND TRAINING AFTER 
PLANTING. 
Many cultivators, after taking great 
trouble and expense in the selecting and 
planting of their trees, fail of success by 
neglecting that after-care and attention 
which is equally essential. Caterpillars 
and cankerworms, grubs and borers, slugs 
and aphis, disease and blight, must be 
watched for, fought against, and reme¬ 
dies faithfully applied. The wants of 
the growing tree must be carefully fore¬ 
seen, and a faithful effort made to insure 
health and productiveness. 
The requirements of pruning vary 
somewhat, according to the kind of tree; 
we prefer, however, low training for all 
trees. The pruning should bedone each 
year, so that no necessity may arise for 
cutting large limbs. Care must always 
be used to keep the head of the tree well 
balanced, cutting the limbs which may 
be superfluous. 
Trees should be trimmed as early as 
possible up to the height it is intended 
the future head should be, that the cut¬ 
ting off of large limbs may not in future 
be necessary. This should be avoided 
when posssble, as decay is liable to com¬ 
mence at the point of separation, and 
extend into the trunk. When such re¬ 
moval is absolutely necessary, the wound 
should be carefully pared smooth, and a 
covering of paint or grafting wax applied 
to protect it from the action of the 
weather. 
Forthefirst twoorthree years afterplant¬ 
ing, fully one-half the growth of the pr e¬ 
vious year should be removed, by head¬ 
ing in, or reducing the length of each 
limb. The top limbs require to be cut 
back more, the lower limbs less, thus pro¬ 
ducing a more equal distribution of sap, 
and consequent vigor to the lower limbs 
with the upper. After the tree has 
passed, say to the third or fourth year 
after planting, the requirement of prun¬ 
ing is only to keep it in the symetrical 
shape, and prevent particular limbs from 
taking a disproportionate growth. Limbs 
so inclined must be headed back sufficient¬ 
ly, and all superfluous wood upon the 
tree kept promptly removed. This 
regularly attended to will obviate the 
occurrence of any necessity for ampu¬ 
tating large limbs. 
