Inter-State Nurseries . . Hamburg, Iowa 
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GENERAL PLANTING INSTRUCTIONS—Cont’d 
Then tamp firmly with your feet. This tamping is 
very important because if you leave air pockets 
around the roots the plants generally die. When hole 
is two-thirds full tamp again. Then pour in two big 
buckets of water. 
After the water has settled, fill hole almost full of 
fine dirt but do not tamp again. Leave a little hollow 
around the plant so the rain will collect there and 
soak down to the roots. 
Never use manure so it touches the roots. If your 
soil is poor and you want to help it, dig the holes 
real deep, then mix well-rotted manure with the soil 
and put back in the hole. But there must be six 
inches of just dirt in the bottom before you put in 
the plant. The manure and dirt mixture must be 
Below the Roots. 
Perhaps the place where you plant is some distance 
from where the plants are heeled in or soaking in 
water. In this case, make a ‘batter’ of dirt and 
water in a hole in the ground or a tub, and dip the 
roots in this mud. This protects them from the sun, 
air and wind. But if they have to lay more than a 
few minutes, then you had better ‘heel in” again, 
covering only the roots this time. In other words, 
always keep in mind that the roots must be kept 
moist and covered. 

AT: 7 Water well when planting and 
: Lig leave saucer-like impression to 
“¥~ catch rain. 

Apple, Apricot, Cnerry Peach 
Pear, Plum 
° After you have planted fruit trees, prune 
Pruning them as illustrated. Cut just above the 
bud which is facing out and not toward the trunk. 
In the illustration above, the branches and the parts 
of branches which are marked in black are to be cut 
off. Do not prune 6-in-1 apple. 
Apple, Apricot, Pear and Plum trees, leave three to 
five branches, spaced on different sides of the trunk. 
The branches which are left, cut them back to about 
one-half their length, except the central leader, cut 
back only one-third its length. The branches of Peach 
trees should be cut back to just a stub and the main 
trunk itself cut off to a height of about 3 feet . With 
Cherry trees, leave three to five branches, spaced 
evenly around the trunk, and do not cut them back 
any. 
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