TUALATIN \ ALLLY NURSERIES, SHERWOOD, OREGON 
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and kept from exposure by us. If you do not 
follow our du’ections and meet with loss, the 
fault will be entirely with you. 
Grapes^—These shoulu be planted ten to twelve 
inches deep in holes large enough to admit roots 
without curling them, pressing soil solid about 
roots. Cut vines back to within three or four 
buds of the roots. Keep the ground clean by cul¬ 
tivating; if impossible to cultivate, mulch. Prune 
in February or early March, before there are any 
signs of new growth^—hence the importance of 
annual and intelligent pruning. 
Apxdes, Pears, l*i‘unes, Plums, Apricots, etc.— 
Follow same pruning instructions as peaches. 
FALL PLANTING 
When set in autumn, a mound of earth, a foot 
or more in height, must be raised about the trees. 
This is very essential, as it keeps them from 
being swayed by the winds or thrown out by the 
frost during the winter. It should be removed in 
the spring. 
In sections where the winters are extremely 
severe, trees procured in the fall can be best cared 
for by covering the roots with earth during the 
winter and planting them in the spring. 
To insure success, select a spot where no water 
will stand during the winter, having no grass 
near to invite mice. Dig a trench deep enough to 
admit one layer of roots, and sloping enough to 
permit the tree to lie at an angle of not more 
than 30 degrees with the ground. Having placed 
one end of the roots in this trench, cover them 
with mellow earth extending well up on the tree 
and see that this is firmly packed. Then add an¬ 
other layers of trees, overlapping the first contin¬ 
uing as at first until they are all heeled in. As 
soon as this is done, cover the tops so with ever¬ 
green boughs that they will be thoroughly pro¬ 
tected from winds. 
SPRAYING 
There are four distinct types of troubles to 
combat, i. e.: Chewing insects, sucking insects, 
scale insects and fungous diseases. Chewing in¬ 
sects are controlled with a stomach poison, some 
form of arsenic (lead arsenate), sucking insects 
(lice or aphids) by body contact poison (nico¬ 
tine), or miscible oil (kerosene, emulsion), and 
fungous diseases by lime-sulphur solution or 
Boraeaux mixture. Be sure you know what you 
are spraying for, since arsenate of lead will not 
control lice or aphids, nor will nicotine or kero¬ 
sene emulsion control apple worms, and neither 
of these will have any effect on apple scab or 
other fungous diseases. Lime-sulphur is used as 
a dormant spray for scale, insects and also for 
fungous. In spraying the apple, keep in mind the 
two main apple troubles, the codling moth and 
apple scab, and, in controlling these, most other 
troubles are immediately controlled. Lead arsen¬ 
ate and lime-sulphur or Bordeaux mixture are 
the sprays to use. For further information write 
your State Department. 
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These men are cleaning cher¬ 
ry seed for oiii- large plant¬ 
ing. The seeds are first wash¬ 
ed and cleaned. It is three 
years before these seeds are 
trees, and grafted and are 
for sale. 
Ring, Lambert and Royal 
.^im Cherry Trees. Tualatin 
Valley Nursery Trees are 
really spccimejis and tliey 
give results. If you are jdant- 
ing one tree or a thousand, 
uisist on Tualatin Valley 
Nursery trees—the Home of 
Suj>erior Varieties. 
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