THE WISE MAN PLANTS T. V. NURSERIES GROWN TREES 
PLANTING INSTRUCTIONS 
Planting Season— Stock should not be planted until dormant in the fall nor after growth 
starts in the spring. Under ordinary weather conditions therefore our digging and shipping 
season begins in late October and continues until early May, the winters generally being suffi¬ 
ciently mild to permit safe handling of nursery stock, with but few short interruptions. Early 
fall planting is preferable as a rule as roots form all winter and stock iis ready to grow as soon 
as warm weather begins. 
It is advisable to order early, as a better selection and more complete assortment can be had. 
Orders placed early are generally planted early. Orders can be placed early unth instructions to 
ship at a given time, when you are ready to plant. 
Care of Trees On Arrival 
Tn case you do not immediately plant the trees, it will be well to heal them in, namely, to 
bury the roots in the ground to keep them fresh and from being frozen. 
In doing this dig a trench long enough and wide enough to hold the trees you have; cut 
the bottom string on the bunches, place them in the trench, spreading the trees so as to have the 
dirt worked in. leaving no exposed places. The tree should NOT be laid down at an angle of 45 
degrees, but should be stood straight up, for a lot of nursery stock is injured by being healed-in 
in a reclining position, for many times the dirt from the trench is left under the trees which are 
close to the ground. This dirt is still warm, or warm enough to make the sap in the trees active 
and if there should be frosty weather in a short time after the trees have been healed-in in a 
reclining position the sap will be frozen, resulting in soured sap and a lasting injury to the tree 
and you will also be writing in to the nursery that the stock was diseased, etc., when the cause 
was really wrong methods of healing-in. We do not mean to infer that to heal-in in a reclining posi¬ 
tion will always result in damage, but do mean to infer that you are flirting with disaster, if it 
is done. Be sure and bury the roots plenty deep, anyway 16 to 18 inches. 
In Planting: Do not plant too deep, but about an inch or two deeper than they grew in the 
nursery. This may be determined by the color of the bark above the roots, showing where the 
ground line came. Have the holes wide enough so as to hold the roots without crowding. Tramp 
well after a couple of inches of dirt have been put in, etc., until the hole is filled up, leaving the 
top dirt without being tramped. In late spring planting, if a bucket of water could be thrown in 
when the hole is half filled with dirt it would be very beneficial. 
Do not plant or expose the roots when it is freezing. That is, do not start planting frosty 
mornings or until it starts to thaw, and do not leave the trees you have not planted during the 
day outside and take a chance on it freezing until you start planting again the next morning. For 
if the exposed roots are caught in a frost, the chances are that they will not grow and you might 
think you had been swindled by your nurseryman, while it would only be through your own 
negligence in not taking care of the trees during planting operations. 
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