WHEN TO PLANT 
Best results are usually obtained from spring planting (April 1) © 
to May 10. However, fall planting is often quite satisfactory when 
larger transplant stock is used, and when the site is fairly dry. 
Never attempt to plant in the fall on moist sites as the trees will be 
heaved out of the ground by the action of the frost on the soil. Fall 
planting season is Sept. 1 to Nov. 1 or when the ground freezes. 
When your trees arrive UNPACK AT ONCE. This is very im- 
portant. While trees are out of the ground they must be handled ~ 
very carefully. Do not expose the roots to sunlight or driving 
winds, or the trees will be seriously injured or killed. Dig a trench 
deep enough to accommodate the roots and long enough to hold the 
trees. This trench should be near the site in a shaded location such 
as the north side of a building or woods, and accessible to water 
if possible. Your trees will come packed in crates or cartons with 
the roots wrapped in moist moss and the tops dry. Remove all of 
this packing material,and place the bundles of trees in the trench, 
packing loose soil tightly around the roots so that air is excluded. 
If the soil is dry, water them after ‘Heeling-in.”’ When planting 
carry a few bundles of trees in an ordinary water bucket with the 
roots immersed in thick, soupy mud. This mud mixture will adhere ~ 
to the roots, and while planting will dry ‘slightly on the surface, con- 
serving the necessary moisture in contact with root itself. 
SPACING: Where thinning is to be done at a comparatively young 
age (4 to 5 years) as with Christmas Tree plantation, spacing is BA 
x 8” or 4’ x 4’.. With a forest plantation when no thinning is in- | 
tended for 20 to 25 years 5’ x 5’ or 6’ x 6” is ; recommended. 
