Care After Transplanting * 
Pruning Trees and Shrubs. After trimming back and 
pruning the limbs of ornamental trees, when planting, 
they need only enough trimming to shape them properly. 
Low side limbs should not be removed to raise the head 
until after two season’s growth, when they may be grad- 
ually removed until the head is at the desired height. 
Shrubs need heading-in of the limbs getting out of bounds 
and the cutting out of older wood occasionally to keep 
them in the proper form. The general rule is to trim 
fall blooming shrubs, like hydrangeas, in the spring, and 
spring blooming shrubs, like spireas, in the early summer 
directly after they have bloomed. 
Cultivation. Frequent shallow cultivation will produce 
a dust mulch and conserve much needed moisture in the 
soil. That is the most practical method of handling larger 
plantings. 
In the Orchard it is best to cultivate around young 
trees for several seasons — but only until midsummer. 
Then a cover crop should be planted to help harden off 
the new growth, prevent blowing and washing of the soil 
and improve its chemical and physical condition. The 
cover crop should be disced into the soil the following 
spring. Garden crops may be grown between young 
orchard rows. 
Mulching. For only a few trees, shrubs, etc., a mulch 
of such materials as grass clippings, old strawy manure, 
paket hay or dead leaves may be used instead of a dust 
mulch. 
Watering. Artificial watering of new plantings during 
dry spells is necessary. Water thoroughly. Do not sprinkle. 
; Give the plant all the 
water the soil about it 
will take at one time. 
No more water need be 
applied for several days 
when this is done. 
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Fertilizing 
Barnyard manure is 
excellent when obtain- 
able. One-quarter 
pound of a commercial 
nitrate fertilizer per 
year of growth, broad- 
cast under the spread 
of the branches in early 
spring, is excellent for 
established trees. On 
Fig. 1—A Common Aphis. An bearing trees, make 
insect which sucks out the vital application from two 
juices of the plants. It is found to four weeks before 
on the young growth and on the _— bloom. 
under side of the leaves. The Small fruits benefit 
leaves usually wither and curl on from the same treat- 
the infested part. ment, 
Trees and shrubs are not luxuries. 
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