. The Fresno Nursery Co. Nurseries (Horticulture) California Fresno Catalogs; Nursery stock California Fresno Catalogs; Trees California Fresno Catalogs; Fruit trees California Fresno Catalogs; Grapes California Fresno Catalogs; Fruit California Fresno Catalogs; Climbing pl. FRESNO. CALIFORNIA 7 Correct Planting Methods" Failure to get satisfactory results in planting or transplanting trees and plants can be largely avoided if a few simple rules for pruning and planting are observed. In most cases failure may be traced to a lack of knowledge of pruning, planting and care of trees upon arr
. The Fresno Nursery Co. Nurseries (Horticulture) California Fresno Catalogs; Nursery stock California Fresno Catalogs; Trees California Fresno Catalogs; Fruit trees California Fresno Catalogs; Grapes California Fresno Catalogs; Fruit California Fresno Catalogs; Climbing pl. FRESNO. CALIFORNIA 7 Correct Planting Methods" Failure to get satisfactory results in planting or transplanting trees and plants can be largely avoided if a few simple rules for pruning and planting are observed. In most cases failure may be traced to a lack of knowledge of pruning, planting and care of trees upon arrival from the Ready for Tree Planting. Do not forget the Water Bucket Every planter, whether a commercial orchardist or a lady planting a few rose bushes in her garden, should have the place for each tree or plant selected and the ground properly prepared before the arrival of the trees or plants from the nurs- ery. In case of a large orchard planting, the ground should be thoroughly broken, pulverized, harrowed, leveled, surveyed or laid off, with a small stake standing where each tree is to be planted. For the home garden or the yard the ground should be well spaded or pulverized. If compost or fertilizer is used it should be thoroughly spaded or worked into the ground at least a week before the arrival of the trees or plants, so that if any heat- ing manure, compost or fertilizer has been used the injurious effect would have passed away before planting. Use no fertilizer at time of planting. On arrival of the trees from the nur- sery, if unable to plant all of them imme- diately, they should be heeled in as shown in Figure 1. To do this properly, select a well drained but moist piece of ground that can be thoroughly pulverized, dig a short trench sloping on one side sufficiently deep to take in the entire root system, place the roots of the trees in the trench with tops leaning up the sloping side, spread out so that loose earth sifted over the roots and wet will c
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