McMINNVILLE, TENNESSEE 53 
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being sent to cover cost of mailing. 
As experienced fruit growers, we suggest that 
you plan for a succession of fruit, increasing quan- 
tities where you expect to market or store. It is 
inadvisable to plant too many varieties in the av- 
erage orchard. There is no reason why you can- 
not have fresh fruit from the time that cherries 
ripen in May until well into the winter. We will 
help you plan your list if you will ask us. 
That you cultivate your newly planted trees is 
just as important as it is to cultivate tobacco or 
any other crop. Only after the tree has become 
well established should cultivation stop. Even 
then, your trees will respond to fertilization and 
cultivation. 
Careful and proper setting of trees and plants 
is necessary, but is only the beginning of a suc- 
cessful orchard or beautiful home grounds. Cul- 
tivation, mulching, and watering, as well as spray- 
- ing and pruning, must be carried on consistently 
or first investment will fail. Cover crops planted 
in the orchard and turned under with the plow at 
the right time will give both feed and humus to 
the soil; and thorough cultivation, intelligent fer- 
tilization, careful pruning and seasonable spray- 
ing will give abundant returns for money, labor, — 
and time so expended. To have good things for 
home requires thought and effort in all things, and 
trees and plants are no exceptions. 
Where plants have ball of earth burlapped 
around roots, avoid breaking this ball. Set in a 
hole that is plenty large to receive without crowd- 
ing, setting about one inch deeper than the sur- 
face of the ground, then cut the burlap loose from 
around the top of the ball and allow it to fall back 
in the hole without removing. Fill in around the 
ball as you would around the roots of any other 
plant, tightening thoroughly, and using plenty of 
water to settle. 
For shrubs and roses, etc., handle in the same 
way, though it is usually more desirable to pre- 
pare special bed for roses, selecting location that 
will have plenty of open air and sun, and particu- 
larly one that is well drained. It is usually better 
to remove the soil from the bed, filling in with 
good loam that is fairly rich, or using fertilizer in 
the soil. Plant so that plenty of room is given be- 
tween the plants for cultivation. Remember that 
roses like lots of food and water during the sum- 
mer months, and that you cannot hope to get 
blooms without this. 
These suggestions are brief, their purpose being 
to impress on the home planter that good care and 
cultivation is necessary in order to secure best re- 
sults, whether this be in the orchard or the 
grounds around the home. We shall at any time 
be glad to give instructions which may be needed 
for special planting and to help in any way pos- 
sible to make a success of the trees and plants you 
purchase from us. Special bulletin on the care 
and cultivation of trees and plants will be sént 
upon request, as stated above. Your State En- 
tomologist will supply you with a spray calendar 
