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Purchasers of Nut frees should be prepared to plant the trees 
Se soon Sa-hecGi vod. ii conditions will not permit. planting’ on 
eprive:. Dymo means leqve them set in the package, but. remove 
form pickage and at all times avoid exposure of roots to air, wind 
ance sutsrine, Sun and wind.are very harmful to the roots. Dig 
Bvirencn ene heal in whe trees until they can be planted. “In 
prancing, Gig Moles“plenty large, s6-taat the roots can-be placed 
Pierre i Cv oo turer Dost tion, Put pulverized top: soil:-in botthonm.of 
bole, siise. peat. soll in the bottom 4f.avellable, as Lt-is fine and 
will pack well and hold moisture. Avoid leaving air pockets when 
Pete, (os Le will Cry ont the-soil ge Plant. the treea_one, bo 
one-half inches deeper than they were in:- the nursery and-be- sure 
COL Soni Wels, SlLarling trom bottom of nole. A: baseball bat 
i8:a- good tamping tooi,. Leave so0il-.sloaping. gently. towards. tree 
for a distance of about five feet each way. This will help gather 
more rain water. -Next*fill in with plenty of mulch material, 
Suche as straw -erass, lawn rakings,-cobs,;.etc. Make this mulch 
six insnes or more deep and out a distance of about five feet each 
Wove, tf “season of planting becomes adry,.start watering before 
Poo Peano siens Ot Gut iering for then -1t 16 too late... Do not 
use a small amount of water each evening. -Better to water once a 
week, but give a good soaking when you do it. Pour the water 
theough the mulch as the depression around the trees will put it 
where it belongs. A good mulching will usually hold enough 
meetups, That watering wilh not.be necessary, except in rare ,cases. 
De 70k use water while plantings, If the soil is dry when plante 
ing, pour water through mulch afterwards. After trees are plant- 
ed, wranm. each ons in newspaper and leave it on until srowth starts 
LO Prevent oryine,out-before: the roots get into actions 
Nit een Ove fitoe eile: there ts: not yet. any formula’ worked 
GUL sas, bo, Cae, Anon Of .eround: Llimée=-stene to be used, it has been 
found where native Black Walnut trecs grow gnd perform well, the 
soit has lime rockstone beds, showing that lime-stone can hardly 
PewOVerUC a geo OES Say. tor lhe present. mix a food onéshalf 
Celio wi er ound Samcetone with the soil for cach: tree when plant- 
ine, 8G “add, more -1n “ancreased amounts about every two -years or 
[Onl fer eee ere) Coes foencre and should be Ted for best. re- 
Tis eo ort eer CAS the line producées neutral ‘soil, -which 
ove Leto Nit tress, a fertilizer containing very little, 
if any, acid= should be used in order fo work with the lime and 
not ecainst it. As far as I know, no one has carried: on anv ex- 
porimencs to determine the proper amounts to be used. Nitrate 
of scda «a packing house by-product) is a good fertilizer. Amount 
fo be used devends on the soil needs. Using commerical fertilizer 
IT would ostimate about one-fourth pound per inch of tree trunk, 
annually.) “Cow manure is.the best of barnyard manures’, 
Tf you have two trees and only time to plant one right, better 
plant only the one, and throw the other away than to half-way plant 
the two and loose both,.for one living tree is ‘worth more than two 
dead. “sncn one itonsiders the length of life of a nut tree and :the 
value of its life's production, it can easily be secn how well the 
GOWoor cat atfore Coteive a littie extra time and care <in planting. 

