Care of Plants on Arrival 
It is better to ship plants from here while they are still dormant. If you live in the colder parts of the country and we held the plants 
here until you could plant them, they would be too far advanced to stand shipping, so we will ship the plants early. You should, if it 
may be several days or weeks before you are ready to set the plants out, open them and see that the moss around the roots is damp but 
not wet. They should then be stored in as cold a place as possible where they will not freeze. If they are to be kept a month or more, 
they should be put in cold storage or else be heeled-in in moist sand in a cool place. Never soak the roots and keep them wet: it is 
much better to keep them only moist. 
SOIL PREPARATION 
After the land has been plowed, disked and harrowed, as for 
any other crop, the rows should be marked out. This can be done 
in any one of a number of different ways. All that matters is that 
the rows are straight and a uniform distance apart. The impor- 
tance of this is not for looks but to facilitate getting through with 
the various tools after the vines have grown and are using much 
of the space. 
CARE OF PLANTS BEFORE PLANTING 
No. 1—First Operation—Making the Hole. Be sure that the plants are kept moist from the time they arrive 
until they are in the ground. Never drop plants along the row 
ahead of the planters to lie in the sun and wind. A very few min- 
utes under these conditions will ruin them. Keep boxes of plants 
in the field covered with wet burlap or other material so that you 
know the roots cannot dry out. As the plants are being set, carry 
them in a covered bucket or box, taking one plant out at a time 
as it is planted. 
PROPER PLANTING 
No. 1 
Picture shows the making of a hole, which is easily done by 
simply stepping on the shovel and drawing it to you a little, leav- 
ing one side of the hole straight up and down and smooth. 
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No. 2—Second Operation—Placing the Plant. No 2 
Picture shows the placing of the plant against the straight side 
of this hole and spreading the roots out fan shape but all pointing 
down and being careful that the crown of the plant is just about 
level with the ground’s surface. t 
No. 3 
The shovel is removed and the dirt pushed back into the hole 
and stepped on to make it very firm around the roots. Care should 
be used to make the dirt firm but not to step down on the crown 
of the plant and injure it. 
No. 4 
Last, you pull a little loose dirt around the plant to cover this 
tramped earth and to keep it from getting hard. 
These instructions are assuming that the ground is moist and 
in shape for planting. If the ground is not thoroughly moist or if 
it is late in the season and the plants have started to grow, then 
some water should be given each plant before pulling the loose 
dirt up around it. 
If the land is in good shape and has been previously marked 
out, two men can usually plant at least an acre a day and do it 
well, using the methods described above. The finest possible con- 
dition to have your land in for planting is to have it plowed, 
smoothed and then rained on to settle it before planting. 
Do not put fertilizer in the holes with your plants. Be sure to 
press the dirt firmly around the roots. Water if ground is not wet. 
No. 4—Fourth Operation—-Mulching with Loose Dirt. 
KNOTT'S BERRY FARM, Buena Park, California 
