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Planting Directions 
Important* Read Carefully 
Preparation of the Soil. —Prepare a rich deep 
bed of mellow soil, and have the land sufficiently 
drained to relieve the roots from standing water. 
For best results the land should be in as good con¬ 
dition as is required for a crop of wheat, corn or 
potatoes. 
On new, fresh land, manuring will be unneces¬ 
sary, but on land more or less run down, fertil¬ 
izers must be applied either by turning under 
heavy crops of clover, or well decomposed manure. 
Such preparation of the soil will furnish a nour¬ 
ishment which is absolutely necessary to insure 
success. 
Pruning the Tree is a matter of great conse¬ 
quence. The illustration here shows the correct 
way to trim trees for planting, do not be afraid 
that you are pruning too severely for you are not; 
this is the proper way for best results. 
Planting —Make the holes large enough to ad¬ 
mit the roots without cramping or bending, and 
deep enough to set the trees to their natural 
depth. Fine surface soil should be used for cov¬ 
ering the roots and this should be carefully worked 
among them. If the ground is dry, it is well to 
pour in some water when the hole is partially 
filled. See that the ground is firmly and solidly 
packed over all parts of the roots, so that there 
will be no opportunity for dry air or frost to enter 
and deprive the roots of the full benefit of 
their natural protection. Omission to pack the 
Age That Out 2 Year Apple \ 
frees Begin to Fruit 
Three Years After Planting 
Duchess Maiden Blush 
Grimes Golden Wealthy 
Yellow Transparent t 
Four Years After Planting 
Ben Davis Sweet Bough 
Ea. Harvest Stark t 
Gravenstein York Imperial 
Jonathan | 
Five Years After Planting 
Wagener Red Astrachan | 
Fameuse 
Hubbardston 
McIntosh 
N. W. Greening 
Rome Beauty 
Stayman Winesap 
Sutton Beauty 
Winter Banana 
Delicious 
Seven Years After Planting 
Spitzenburg 
Tolman Sweet 
Wolf River 
Newtown Pippin 
Baldwin 
King 
Northern Spy 
| R. I. Greening 
earth solidly is the most frequent cause of failure . 
in planting nursery stock. We cannot too firmly impress upon you the importance of packing the 
earth firmly around the roots. Fill the holes full enough to be even with the surrounding surface 
after the fresh earth settles. Always remove the labels when plant¬ 
ing. If these are left until the trees are grown, the connecting 
wire often cuts into and destroys the tree or branch to which it is 
attached. Never use manure in contact with roots. When planting 
dwarf trees, set them low enough to cover the stock upon which 
they are budded. 
After-Culture —Grass shonld not be allowed to grow about your 
trees or plants. The ground should be cultivated for a space of at 
least a foot outside the roots. This should be done every 10 days 
the first year during May, June and July. If the ground is poor 
it should be enriched with surface applications of manure. 
The following table shows how the different varieties of apples 
should be set. 
Permanent Varieties 
Amer. Blush 
Baldwin 
Belleflower 
Boiken 
Ben Davis 
Gano 
Gilliflower 
Hubbardston 
King 
M. Black Twig 
Newt’wn Pip. 
N. W. Greening 
R. I. Greening 
Smith’s Cider 
Smokehouse 
Spitzenburg 
Stark 
Talman Sweet 
Wolf River 
Winesap 
Winter Banana 
York Imperial 
Filler Varieties 
Alexander Pound Sweet 
AutumnStrawb. Pumpkin Sweet 
Duchess 
Delicious 
Ea. Harvest 
Fameuse 
Fall Pippin 
Golden Sweet 
Gravenstein 
Grimes Golden 
Jonathan 
Maidens Blush 
McIntosh 
Red Astrachan 
Rome Beauty 
Rox. Russet 
Sweet Bough 
Seek-No-Further 
Sutton Beauty 
Stayman’s Wine. 
Twenty Ounce 
Wm. Early Red 
Wagener 
Wealthy 
Yellow Trans. 
Northern Spy 
For the convenience of our customers, we have listed alphabet¬ 
ically all fruit tree varieties throughout the catalogue, and printed 
in heavy type the names of the best and most profitable varieties. 
Correct Way to Prune Trees 
for Planting 
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