‘PLANTING SUGGESTIONS 













ONE YEAR OLD TREES | TWO YEAR OLD TREES CUT OFF TOP 30 LEAVE 3 TO5LAT- 


ARE GENERALLY REQUIRE VERY LITTLE TO36 INCHES ERALS WHICH 
WHIPS AND SHOULD PRUNING OTHER THAN. FROM GROUND SHOULD BE CUT 4 
BE PRUNED AS IN FIG. SELECTING 3.TO 5 MAIN LEVEL, BACK TO WITHIN 
3. BRANCHES AND CUT AS SOON AS NEW 4 TO 6 INCHES OF q 

TREE TRUNK | 
LEAVING 2 TO 3 
BUDS ON EACH 
LATERAL. 
BACK !4 THEIR LENGTH 
AS IN FIG. 4, 
BRANCHES ARE 
4 TO 6 INCHES IN 
LENGTH, BREAK- 
OFF ALL LOWER 
LATERALS LEAV- 
BING Se Sul OE Os 
BRANCHES ON 
TOP TOFORM™M 
HEAD AS IN FIG. 


PEACH, APRICOT, AL- 
MOND OR ALL 1 YEAR 
OLD TREES WITH 
BRANCHES SHOULD BE 
PRUNED AS IN FIG. 4. 






ONE AND TWO YEAR OLD 
TREES AS SHIPPED FROM 
NURSERY. 
SET SLIGHTLY DEEPER THAN 
STOOD IN NURSERY ROW. 2 

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oy 11 ieee OR | 
BiG! ft | FIG. 2 
ONE YEAR OLD TREE TWO YEAR OLD TREE ONE AND TWO YEAR OLD TREES 
ON TWO YEAR OLD _ » ON THREE YEAR OLD PRUNED AND READY FOR PLANT- 
ROOT SYSTEM. ROOT SYSTEM. ING. 
HOW TO PRUNE AND PLANT MOLLER’S FRUIT TREES 
FRUIT TREES—On branched trees such as most PLANTS REQUIRED PER ACRE 
Apple,, Pear, Peaches, ete., select three to five side 6x 6 feet....:..... 1210 29595 Pdethie ae 90 
branches on different sides of the trunk and 6 to 8 Meta teat: ne 680 Pub vee Pt ge 15 
inches apart and cut back about one-half (three-quar- 195 10 feet.......... 435 25 x 25 feet.......... 69 
ters on Peach stock) their length. Try not to leave 9,549 feet.......... 302 > 30 « 40 fects ieee 48 
two branches nearly opposite. Cut off the top of the Up mlideobien... .-5. 193 B65 x85 feet wee 35 
tree to about 24 to 36 inches from the ground. Whip 1@ Wis desk... 170 A040 Fone ee 27 
trees should be topped about 24 to 40 ane HeerITOM “iste foot... 6!) 134 50x 50 fect.) ee 18 
the ground. ‘ 20x 20 feet...2.23%.. 109 60 x 60 feet.......... 12 
SHADE TREES—Do not cut off the leader or main _—, 
stem, but prune to avoid crowding branches, by thin- .[ ~ 
ping out a short branches, a eutting back all the ~* FARM HOME COLLECTION 
other side limbs. Lata Loe pune of ou Page popular NEES giving <9 fresh 
pples almost the year ’round, starting in early summer 
«treba Minter and plants sould be trimmed ae Yellow Transparent and ending late in winter with 
. ’ Be eet 
cut off all broken or bruised roots: 
A Whole Orchard Costs less Than 
3. Boxes of Apples . 
Suitable Distance for Planting 

No. Feet 1 Yellow Transparent 1 Yellow Delicious 
; . Each Way 1 Gravenstein 1 Red Delicious 
ES EES rebel ul hes wks slggte oR ane eee WeAeD LOO 1 Whitney Crab © * "1 Jonathan 
jC ONT ae See goat ENC 7 SE hn ORE Ga aan an 18 to 25 1 Northern, Spy... | 1 Red Rome Beauty: 
reer Clerics et ede eine... Sok paal to! So 1 Yellow Newtown 
Sour Cherries ............ SAE Ba til oes. >> 20 to 25 Big 4-6 ft. Trees 
Plamen. oo. uce ee. ei Crees es OO ae dd 18 to 25 . All 9 for $8.75. Postpaid 
JER URIS alah Sci tity le ease 2 hee gulag RU ea aR ae . a is Large 3-year Branched Trees 
WGSGHh Esse eva ne Scere wiley oe So eee Carel Only EA Rt ran ioe 0 2d All 9 for $15 25 Ex ress re aid 
ATIMIONGS) 6) seceded cee A ees ee RR ADH Oe SO ASO 28 pale: P P P 
GUM C Ore. oe EAS SNAG se « all-Phg wis oral FS EH). cls alee 12 to 18 
IMEC EALITION The) She. GEIS sobtedbdewerasd: © cate sl CTE I id eh wld 16 to 20 
BiB WY AMES lig. idk oe leie de nicl s Ghie bles ele are 40 to. 60 
TID GEL SHU ea ETH ere PTR els ois cues AAETEY dhe so Shogthda ted). 4 20 to 25 
eee SPECIAL APPLE ORCHARD 
These distances will vary according to the type of soil an 
locality. For garden or home orchard, trees can be a little TEN TREES $8.50 
closer than for commercial orchards where cutivating is 
pasential. We select and label ten Apple trees: Summer, Fall 
and Winter kinds. All strong, heavy yielding, well 
rooted stock. Varieties most popular and, suitable 
for your locality. 
PLEASE NOTE 
When comparing catalog prices of Trees and Shrubs 
10 Trees, 4-6 ft., postpaid... $8.50 
the height gives a poor idea of true value. Well furnished 
plants of sturdy ripened growth, cannot properly be 
described or compared on paper. 
10 Trees, 3-year branched, express prepaid..$14.95 

