. Bountiful Ridge Nurseries : your guide to better fruits and more beautiful homes for 1938. Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Fruit trees Catalogs; Trees Catalogs; Asparagus Catalogs. 40 YOUR SUCCESS WITH NURSERY STOCK DEPENDS ON PROPER PLANTING Successful Planting, Pruning, Care Be sure to remove label before tree begins to grow or it will be fatally injured through strangulation. In presenting these instructions to our patrons, Tve would earnestly request that thej'^ giA'e the most careful attention to the details. They have been compiled with a view of making them as simpl
. Bountiful Ridge Nurseries : your guide to better fruits and more beautiful homes for 1938. Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Fruit trees Catalogs; Trees Catalogs; Asparagus Catalogs. 40 YOUR SUCCESS WITH NURSERY STOCK DEPENDS ON PROPER PLANTING Successful Planting, Pruning, Care Be sure to remove label before tree begins to grow or it will be fatally injured through strangulation. In presenting these instructions to our patrons, Tve would earnestly request that thej'^ giA'e the most careful attention to the details. They have been compiled with a view of making them as simple as possible. Having fulfilled our part of the contract by delivering first- class stock in good condition, with full instructions how to care for it, the fault is not ours if any of our customers should lose a portion of their stock. Experi- ence has taught us that purchasers frequently lose Nur- sery stock through neglect; and we have taken the pre- caution to send a copy of our Transplanting Directions to every customer, so that none may claim that they do not know how to plant and care for their stock. We guarantee to deliver the stock in good condition, and could we plant and care for it for the first three months, would willingly insure the growth of every tree and shrub sent out. We seldom lose a plant, even during the summer for fall delivery, and the stock is out of the ground for many weeks. Anything: that is cultivated in the earth cannot live without nourishment and care. CARE OF STOCK The bundles should be opened immediately, the roots dipped in water, then heeled in moist ground, so that the mellow earth will come in contact with the roots and thoroughly protect them from the air, having the earth tramped solid about them. When ready to plant take up only a few at a time, puddle the roots, and do not allow them to lie exposed to the sun or air. The ground should be carefully prepared by deep plowing and firming down with a disc and harrow. The holes for
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