OUTPOST NURSERIES, Ridgefield, Conn. 149 
HELPFUL SUGGESTIONS 
About Planting 
Start planting most sizes of shade, ornamental and 
fruit trees as early in the spring as the ground is 
workable — in the fall after a 'killing" frost. 
Start planting evergreen trees and broad-leaved 
evergreens, flowering shrubs, vines and perennials a 
little later in the spring — a month earlier in the fall. 
Tea Roses are best planted in the spring — about 
April 20th if bare rooted — during May and June 
if potted. 
Mature shade and ornamental trees having large 
balls of soil can be planted throughout the winter 
months. 
Burlap covering balls of soil on balled and burlapped 
trees, should be removed before planting, if trees 
are of a size which can be handled easily. 
Burlap on large balls of soil, if not entirely removed, 
should be freed of ropes and cut away as low down 
as possible after trees are set in planting holes and 
properly faced. 
Fill planting holes with water after trees are set in 
place and half the planting soil has been replaced. 
