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cases sluff off after transplanting. Lat¬ 
eral roots ranging from one-sixteenth of 
an inch in diameter and up commence to 
throw off new feeding roots almost as 
soon as the trees are transplanted. In 
California and the Southern States while 
most trees are inactive in the formation 
cial orchard planting we would recommend 
the pruning of all deciduous fruit trees to 
within 18 inches of the ground. If trees 
have lateral branches below the cutting- 
back point, cut back these laterals one-half 
i—this will cause the tree to form a proper 
head. As stated in Figure 2, the maxi- 
of new tops or leaves during the winter 
months, they are never inactive for the 
formation of root system. 
Pruning the Tops of Trees—This is the 
one most important feature in tree plant¬ 
ing. The accompanying illustration (Fig¬ 
ure 2) shows walnut, cherry, peach, pear 
and fig trees in three grades, as they will 
be received from the nursery. The line 
marked across the tree in the illustration 
indicates the point at which it should be 
cut off or pruned to. These lines show 
the maximum amount of top that should 
be left. Even a more severe pruning is 
advised and recommended by many, and it 
is certain that no harm will be done if 
pruned much more severely. In commer- 
mum amount of pruning is designated. 
The same severe method of pruning of the 
peach trees, as shown (Figure 2), applies 
to the apricot, almond, plum and prune; 
in fact, all classes of deciduous fruit trees. 
All broad-leaved evergreen trees, includ¬ 
ing orange, grapefruit, lemon and other 
evergreen fruit and ornamental trees, 
should have the foliage largely or entirely 
removed before digging from nursery, if 
trees are taken up with bare roots, pud¬ 
dled and packed in moss, which we do 
when they are ordered of us, perhaps to 
save freight. Illustration Figure 3 shows 
the general type of three grades of the 
orange, grapefruit and lemon trees, as they 
are growing in the nursery before digging, 
