. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). Fig. I C. S. Wilson How to plant an apple tree.— The apple tree is bought from the nursery- man in the fall or the spring. It should be two years old, and the variety should be Northern Spy. The tree is planted in the spring as soon as the ground can be worked. Dig a round hole large enough to receive the roots of the tree, and deep enough to plant
. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). Fig. I C. S. Wilson How to plant an apple tree.— The apple tree is bought from the nursery- man in the fall or the spring. It should be two years old, and the variety should be Northern Spy. The tree is planted in the spring as soon as the ground can be worked. Dig a round hole large enough to receive the roots of the tree, and deep enough to plant the tree three or four inches deeper than it was in the nursery row. This will cover the bud and crook near the base. When the hole is dug, throw back into the bottom a few shovelfuls of the good surface dirt; then place the tree in the hole. Let one pupil hold the tree straight, while others throw in the soil, at the same time work- ing it between the roots with the fingers. Step on the soil and tramp it down firmly. Fill the hole up level with the surrounding surface. Budding.— This is such an interesting and im- portant farm operation that every boy and girl shoiild know how to do it. It is so simple, too, that one can learn it in a few minutes. Think of changing the little apple trees in the orchard, or those that come up in the fence row, to any variety of apple you wish! And this is exactly what budding is for. It is to change the variety of a fruit, and this change can be made on branches as small as a lead pencil or as large as the thumb. The nurseryman buds the little trees in the nursery row about two or three inches above the surface of the ground, inserting a single bud in each tree. The friiit- grower top-buds the trees he has set in the orchard the spring before, inserting two or three buds in the main stem of each tree about three feet from the groimd. This is what you will do if you have planted a Northern Spy tree in the spring. Plan to bud the tree in Augu
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