SETTING APPLE TREES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3605, 2 December 1905, Page 4

SETTING APPLE TREES.

Vmlms They Are Placed in Order the Orchard Merer Presents a Good Appeavanee.

In setting - out a yo.ungr orchard it is highly important that the trees be set ' exactly in geometric order, exactly In line with each other in two directions. An orchard presents a much more attracts* appearance if care is exercised in t.b; - . ircction, and the looks of an •orch,' ■ 1 ~ t wve to be an important facti. ; ■ ■ comes when it is desired tc

si.!.i ■•’ird.. Nov om; vjannot set trees in a per

feet line by sighting along the line ol .. trees as they are set out. The tops obscure the view, and when the row it finished aome, trees will be found much

TRIPOD FOR SETTING TREES, out of line. Setiluf. out stake* 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 wmull 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 ptake so that the weight at the end of the cord 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, this way every tree will stand finally in the exact position of I the row of stakes first set out, —American Agriculturist.