SETTING APPLE TREES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3555, 3 August 1905, Page 4

SETTING APPLE TREES.

fgVr- >|'hr r Are faced lu Geo«n«*rle OvAkt o Uul’iiril Neve/- Fwia«iutn n Cootl Appearance. In setting out a young orchard it is highly important that, the trees he set exactly in geometric order, e.-.iietly in line with each other in two db eelinuf.. An orchard presents a much more attractive npecaranco :f care is exercised in this dir ♦ion, and the looks of ai: orchard pi :. ' to> be an napor aet tor if a tin « ■.’■<,!> when it is c. .nil < < sell the or- ‘ , i Now oia a; cnot set trees in a p< feet line ■ ■’ .'"’g an i'rr . trees ns tiny are set- mil. The tops obscure Ihe view', and when the row if finished some trees will be found much

out of line. Setting out stakes beforehand will not answer, since each stake must be taken up in order to dig a hole, An excellent plan is shown in the cut. Set out small stakes in the exact spot where each tree is to stand. Make a light tripod, as is shown in the cut. with a cord and weight) arranged as shown. Set the tripod over the stake SO that the weight at the end of the oord will be exactly over the stake. Now pull up the stake and dig the hole for the tree, without moving the tripod. Set the tree so that when the weight is lowered it will touch the trunk. In tins way every tree will stand finally ,in the exact position of the row of sthkes first sot out. —American Agric u Itu r i s t.