Download or read book New Descriptive Price-List for Fall of 1897 and Spring of 1898 written by J. B. Watkins and Bro and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-28 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from New Descriptive Price-List for Fall of 1897 and Spring of 1898: Of the Fruit, Ornamental Trees, Vines, Plants, Etc Sons - The soil for all sorts of fruit trees must be dry naturally. They will not flourish in wet land. Deep tile drainage has not proven satisfactory with us, trees being more subject to disease, and are short-lived. Rich land is preferable, but our success on very poor land has been quite satisfactory. We like a gravelly or clay soil, but neither is indispensable. Location - High, dry, and airy locations are best, as trees are less apt to winter-kill or blight, and are more apt to escape spring frost than on low land. Time TO plant - Transplanting may be done at any time when the ground is in working order, from the cessation of growth in fall until the buds have opened in the spring; but we much prefer fall or early winter planting for the following reasons The earth will become well settled about the roots, cut surfaces will heal over and new rootlets will be thrown out in the soil, ready to start the buds at the first impulse of nature in spring Yet we have been quite successful with spring planting, but the trees do not make quite as much growth the first season. Treatment ON arrival - Take them to the land you wish to plant, open a trench two feet wide and a foot or more deep, untie the bundle, take one tree at a time and stand them as quickly as possible in the trench, and then throw in fine, moist earth among them until the roots are covered a foot or more. When plant ing only take out a few at a time. If desired, they can remain in trenches in good condition until spring. Should they be dry or shrivelled from exposure, immerse the whole tree in water for twenty-four hours, and if in a frozen condition put them in a cool, dark place (free from frost), and allow them to thaw before h'eeling in or planting out. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.