
Place the ball on a cushion of top soil with 
top surface slightly below ground level. 
Cut the top strings and fold burlap 
back over ball. 

BALLED AND BURLAPPED PLANTS 
(See pictures on left) 
Nursery stock that has been balled from the field, with 
soil and roots wrapped in burlap, is designated follow- 
ing the descriptions in this book by the letters: BB. Dig 
a large, spacious hole, at least three times the diameter 
of the ball, and at least six inches deeper than the ball 
requires. Place top soil in a separate pile. Set the ball 
on a cushion of top soil so that the top of the ball is a 
little lower than surface level (top left photo). Cut the 
top string holding burlap and drape back over sides of 
the ball (lower left photo). Fill in the hole with top soil 
first, then subsoil. Make a shallow basin around the 
plant and settle soil with a slow stream of water. 
Do not use fertilizer of any kind when planting trees, 
shrubs, vines or rose bushes A well-balanced fertilizer 
or manure mulch may be applied at the base of the 
plant and soaked in with water one or two months after 
planting. 
PLANTS FROM CONTAINERS 
(See pictures on right) 
Slit containers on four sides. Do not try to pry or pull 
plants from their containers as this will result in dam- 
aged roots. Set the plant in a spacious hole prepared 
as suggested above so that the surface of the ball of 
soil is slightly lower than ground level (top right). Full 
in with top soil first, then subsoil and make a shallow 
basin. Settle soil around the roots with a slow stream 
of water. Fill in with additional soil after settling. — Irri- 
gate plants twice weekly until established, then once 
each week through the dry season. A mulch of peat, 
leaf rakings or manure mulch will conserve moisture 
and save high water bills. Container plants are desig- 
nated g. c. (gallon container.) 

Carefully remove plant from container 
and place upright in spacious hole. 
Fill in with top soil, construct wide basin 
and irrigate with slow stream. 

“DOWN ON THE FARM o . . . our participation in the Nation's Food Production 






A large portion of our 300 “Living Acres’’ has been set aside 
for Victory farm production. During the course of the year we 
have harvested bumper crops of sugar beets, tomatoes, alfalfa 
(all pictured here), corn, spinach, peaches, plums, prunes, pears, 
apples, apricots, walnuts, chestnuts, almonds, and oat hay. 
FIELDS OF FRAGRANT GREEN ALFALFA 
