. Biggle orchard book : fruit and orchard gleanings from bough to basket. Fruit-culture. 34 BIGGLE ORCHARD BOOK. *&?, m â >r has covered all the points so well that I can not do better than to quote his method : "Quickly unpack stock upon arrival; shake out packing material ; dip the roots in liquid mud. In case stock cannot be immediately set ont, prepare a place where it can be tem- porarily planted, taking care to cover roots thoroughly, working the soil in among the fibres. Dig generous holes, provide good soil to fill tree set too tlieni; don't bend roots; cleanly cut off seve
. Biggle orchard book : fruit and orchard gleanings from bough to basket. Fruit-culture. 34 BIGGLE ORCHARD BOOK. *&?, m â >r has covered all the points so well that I can not do better than to quote his method : "Quickly unpack stock upon arrival; shake out packing material ; dip the roots in liquid mud. In case stock cannot be immediately set ont, prepare a place where it can be tem- porarily planted, taking care to cover roots thoroughly, working the soil in among the fibres. Dig generous holes, provide good soil to fill tree set too tlieni; don't bend roots; cleanly cut off severely bruised or broken roots, and never let them dry. Dip them in mud, place in hole, throw good soil in hole, tightly ramming it around roots after each shovelful. Leave no air-pockets. After hole is filled, cover top of ground thick m ly with good, well-rotted stable manure as far as roots ; Look out for crown and root galls, burn all such trees. Crown gall is a common disease in many nurseries and it attacks all kinds of fruit trees. It is the worst kind of folly to plant a tree which has a trace of this disease, for not only is the tree pretty sure to die be- fore it comes into full bearing but the infection may be spread to all parts of the orchard. If galls (knotty, " TREE SET bunchv swellings) are tound at the properi/8 TOO LOW AND IN A IK >I ] I >\Y. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Biggle, Jacob. Philadelphia : W. Atkinson Co.
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