Plant for Profit, Shade & Beauty 
What to Plant 
We recommend the planting of the following for Christmas tree 
growing,—Scotch Pine, Austrian Pine, American Red Pine, White Pine, 
Norway Spruce, White Spruce, Colorado Blue Spruce, Balsam Fir and 
Douglas Fir. 
Colorado Blue Spruce, Norway Spruce, White Spruce, Canadian 
Hemlock, Arborvitae and Mugho Pine are recommended for Ornamental 
and Landscape planting. 
American Red Pine, White Pine, Scotch Pine, Austrian Pine, Pitch 
Pine, Banks Pine, Norway Spruce, Canadian Hemlock and European 
Larch are recommended for reforestation of vacant land in order to pre- 
vent soil erosion and to grow a future timber supply. 
For further recommendations for the particular area in which you 
are located consult your County Farm Agent or State Department of 
Forestry. 
When to Plant 
Best results are obtained from Spring planting, March 15th to May 
31st. September 1st to October 31st is Fall planting season. More care 
must be exercised in the Fall to obtain satisfactory results, due to the fact 
that the earth around the trees does not have sufficient time to become 
packed. The frost then heaves the tree out of the ground. 
Care before Planting 
Good stock deserves gocd care. Trees are living things and as 
such should be given careful and intelligent care. To insure your success 
we offer you the following suggestions: 
Upon receiving the trees unpack them immediately, removing all 
packing material. Do not expose the stock to drying winds or the sun. 
“Heel” the stock in a place convenient to the planting site, prefer- 
able at the north side of a building or woods where it will have protection 
from the sun and drying winds. 
How to Plant 
It is not necessary to prepare the ground in any way before plant- 
ing. The added expense is not justified and grass and weeds prove a 
benefit in conserving moisture during the first few seasons after planting. 
Do not use fertlizer on the soil. 
In planting small tracts three men work to best advantage. One 
man to make holes with a maddock, the other two follow and plant trees. 
In planting more extensively a crew of ten men work to the best 
advantage. Three men in parallel lines making holes and two planters 
following eachplantingtrees. The tenth man follow the crew to replentish 
the planters’ pails when needed; to watch the spacing and to keep the crew 
going as rapidly as possible. Under normal conditions a planting crew 
should average sixty (60) trees per hour per man. 
It is important that the roots of the trees do not become dry, there- 
fore trees should be carried in a pail submerged in a thick puddle of mud 
until planted. Allowing the roots to become dry is certain to kill the trees. 
There are many different opinions about spacing. 4’ x 4’ spacing 
requiring 2720 trees to the acre is used where thinning is contemplated at 
a comparative young age. 5’ x 5’ spacing requiring 1740 trees to the acre 
is the spacing most generally used. This spacing allows for thinning for 
Christmas trees and still leaves a good stand for timber. 6’ x 6’ spacing 
requiring 1210 trees to the acre is recommended where trees are planted 
for forestry products and where no thinning is intended for 20 to 25 years. 
