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The trees in this package have been packed properly for the 
period of time necessary to ship them from the State Nursery to you. 
You should plant the trees as soon as possible after they arrive, 
If stored in a cool place they may be kept in the original package 
for a week, If they are to be kept longer they should be HEELED-IN, 
as described below, 
HOW TO. PLANT 
FIRST-- When you are ready to plant, cut the bands around the bunches 
and place the trees, roots down,in a pail containing a few inches of 
water.. KEEP ROOTS MOIST AT ALL TIMES. 
SECOND- Using a mattock, make a heavy stroke and then pull back so 
that a slit is opened in the ground large enough for the tree roots 
to be inserted. Set the tree in the ground at the same depth as it 
grew in the nursery. This depth can be determined by the change to 
a lighter colored bark where the stem was below the ground, 
DO NOT DOUBLE UP THE ROOTS. After the tree is in place, the mattock - 
is withdrawn and the earth is packed around the tree by the planter 
Stepp meson the Garth on cach side of the tree. .1t is IMPORTANT TO 
PACK THE SOIL DOWN HARD AROUND THE TREE, 
SPACING 
Usia lh specing for most. plantings rs 6'x6": this results. in 
approximately 1200 trees to tne acre. However in Christmas tree 
farming a spacing of 5‘x5' can be used. This spacing results in 
approximately 1700 trees to the acre. 
HEEL-IN PROCEDURE 
If it is impossible to plant these trees at once you should 
unpack them and HEEL-IN the stock. Find a cool, moist, shady place 
and with an ordinary round pointed shovel dig a ditch the width of the 
Shovel and about 8 inches deep. The length of the ditch depends on 
the number of trees to be HESLED-IN. When this ditch is complete, 
pour some water into it. Open the bundles and Spread the trees, roots 
down, along the ditch. Place a quantity of soil over the roots and 
pack well. Do not water the trees on hot, sunny days as this may burn 
the needles. Trees may be stored in this manner for two weeks or 
longer. 
Peoples State Forest Nursery 
Connecticut Park and Forest Commission 
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