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Excerpt from Harrisons' Nurseries: Nurserymen-Orchardists
Planting. Dig holes twice the size necessary to take in all the roots; throw top soil to one side, and use it for filling around the roots; tread the earth hard after planting. Plant trees 2 inches deeper than they stood in the nursery. Do not mix the soil with water, the earth being sufficiently moist. Too much water when planting is injurious. After planting, and during the summer, sufficient water should be used to keep the earth moist.
Pruning. The limbs of all fruit and ornamental trees. Shrubs. And roses should be cut back two-thirds when planted. Remove all surplus branches from trees. Leaving, say. Three main stems as a basis for head. Always prune to an outside bud. Thus insuring outward growth. Peach trees should be pruned to a whip and a head established the second year, either high or low, as preferred. All roots should be pruned smoothly before planting, cutting off the ends where bruised by digging and shortening others. This is as important as pruning the top.
Mulching. A most necessary factor in successful planting. Cover a space around the tree or shrub to a distance of 3 feet, using coarse manure - lawn clip pings. Or grass. Are effective for this purpose if man ure cannot be secured. The mulching retains moist ure. Facilitates quick growth and retards the growth of weeds. When straw or manure is left on the ground all winter. Clear a space of 15 inches around the tree to avoid damage from mice.
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