. The principles of fruit-growing, with applications to practice. Fruit-culture. Making the Lines Straight 197 Another form of planting-board, described by J. C. Moore, is the equilateral triangle. Three laths or narrow pieces of timber are fastened together so that they form a triangle with the ends projecting, as shown in Fig. 47. Care should be taken to have the distance between each two adjoin- ing corners equal, as this will relieve the necessity of replacing the triangle in the same position. One projecting end is put over the tree stake, and the pins placed in the others. This marks the
. The principles of fruit-growing, with applications to practice. Fruit-culture. Making the Lines Straight 197 Another form of planting-board, described by J. C. Moore, is the equilateral triangle. Three laths or narrow pieces of timber are fastened together so that they form a triangle with the ends projecting, as shown in Fig. 47. Care should be taken to have the distance between each two adjoin- ing corners equal, as this will relieve the necessity of replacing the triangle in the same position. One projecting end is put over the tree stake, and the pins placed in the others. This marks the ^'°'piaoSgtt^treif'^" location of the tree after digging the hole. The trees may be planted in furrows, as explained farther on (page 200). Blake writes (N. J. Circ. No. 14): "If the land is well furrowed out where the trees are to be planted, it will only be necessary to move from two to four shovelfuls of soil in order to make a hole of sufficient width and depth to receive each tree. One man should then hold the tree in place while the other shovels in some of the loose, moist surface-soil about the roots. The trees should be set at sufficient depth to bring the point where the trees were budded just below the surface of the soil. The man holding the tree can make the soil firm about the roots with his feet and hands, and at the same time keep the tree in line both ways. If the line method pre- viously described is used he will only be obliged to sight one way to make sure that the tree is in place. The last one or two shovelfuls of soil should be thrown about the tree loosely and not tramped down. If the land has been properly and -thoroughly prepared, as described, a three- man planting gang should be able to set fifty trees an hour. 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 Bailey, L.
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