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Species	Variety	Description	Height	Per 100	Per 1000
PINE,	Prniis
	WHITE PINE, Pinus Strobus
		2-year seedlings ....		$1.25	$6.00
		3 -year seedlings ....		1.50	8.00
		3 -year transplants . . .	2-4"	2.50	15.00
		4-year transplants . . .	4-8"	3.25	20.00
		Twice transplanted . . .	4-6"	5.00
		Twice transplanted . . .	6-15"	8.00	50.00
	RED PINE, Pinus Resinosa
		2 -year seedlings ....		$1.25	$6.00
		3 -year transplants . . .	2-4"	2.50	15.00
		4-year transplants . . .	4-12"	3.25	20.00
	AUSTRIAN PINE, Pinus Austriaca
		2 -year seedlings ....		$1.50	$8.00
>		3 -year transplants . . .	2-6"	2.50	15.00
		4-year transplants . . .	4-8"	3.25	20.00
		Twice transplanted . . .	5-12"	5.00	35.00
		Three times transplanted .	8-15"	10.00
	SCOTCH	PINE, Pinus Sylvestris
		2-year seedlings ....		$1.25	$6.00
		3 -year transplants . . .	3-7"	2.50	15.00
		4-year transplants . . .	8-15"	3.25	20.00
		Twice transplanted . . .	12-20"	5.00	35.00
		Twice transplanted . . .	18-30"	10.00
	MUGHO PINE, Pinus Mughos
		2-year seedlings ....		$1.50	$8.00
		3 -year transplants . . .	1-2"	3.25	20.00
		4-year transplants . . .	2-4"	5.00	35.00

Species	Variety j	Description	Height	Per 100	Per 1000
SPRUCE, Picea
	NORWAY SPRUCE, Picea Excelsa
		2-year seedlings ....		$1.25	$6.00
		3 -year transplants . . .	2-6"	2.25	12.00
		4-year transplants . . .	6-15"	3.25	20.00
		6-year transplants . . .	12-18"	4.00	30.00
		Twice transplanted . . .	5-9"	5.00	35.00
	-	Twice transplanted . . . i	8-14"	8.00	50.00
	WHITE SPRUCE, Picea Alba
		2-year seedlings ....		$1.25	$6.00
		3 -year transplants . . .	2-5"	2.50	15.00
		Twice transplanted . . .	8-15"	5.00	35.00
		Three times transplanted .	6-10"	8.00	50.00
	COLORADO BLUE SPRUCE, Picea Pimgens
		2-year seedlings ....		$2.25	$12.00
		3 -year transplants . . .	1-3"	3.50	25.00
		4-year transplants . . .	4-8"	8.00	50.00
		6 -year transplants . . .	12-18"	9.00	60.00
		Twice transplanted . . .	4-8"	10.00	75.00
		Twice transplanted . . .	10-15"	12.00
		Three times transplanted .	10-18"	15.00
	“TRU-BLUE,” Picea Pungens Glauca
		Grown from seed handpicked	from blue	trees only
		2 -year seedlings ....		$3.50	$25.00
		3 -year transplants . . .	1-3"	8.00	50.00
		4-year transplants . . .	4-8"	10.00
		6 -year transplants . . .	10-18"	12.00	85.00
		Twice transplanted . . .	4-8"	20.00
		Three times transplanted .	8-18"	25.00
	ENGELMAN SPRUCE, Picea Engrelmarmi
		2-year seedlings ....		$2.00	$10.00
		Twice transplanted . . .	3-6"	| 5.00
		Twice transplanted . . .	7-12"	j 10.00 i

| Species	Variety	Descripticm	Height	Per 100	Per 1000
FIR, Abies
	BALSAM	FIR, Abies Balsamea
		2 - year seedlings .... 3 - year seedlings .... 3 - year transplants . . . 4- year transplants . . . Three times transplanted .	2-4" 4-7" 14-24"	$1.50 2.00 3.25 4.00 20.00 1 1 I	$8.00 10.00 20.00 30.00
	CONCOLOR FIR, Abies Concolor
		2- year seedlings .... 3 - year transplants . . . Twice transplanted . . .	1 2-4" 6-12" 1 I 1	$2.00 | 4.00 10.00 1 1 1	$10.00 30.00 75.00
	DOUGLAS FIR, Pseudotsuga Taxifolia
		2- year seedlings .... 3 - year transplants . . . 4- year transplants , . . Twice transplanted . . . Twice transplanted . . .	3- 5" 5-10" 4- 8" 8-15" c 1	$1.25 2.50 3.25 5.00 8.00 1	$6.00 15.00 20.00 35.00 50.00
HEMLOCK, Tsuga
	CANADIAN HEMLOCK, Tsuga Canadensis
		2 -year seedlings .... Twice transplanted . . . Three times transplanted . Three times transplanted, heavy, sheared .... Three times transplanted . Four times transplanted, sheared .	6-10" 2-3' 2-3' 4-6' 24-40"	$2.50 10.00 25.00 50.00 60.00 75.00	$15.00 75.00 200.00 400.00 450.00 500.00
	CAROLINA HEMLOCK, Tsuga Caroliniana
		Twice transplanted . . . Three times transplanted .	8-14" 24-40"	‘ $8.00 | 35.00	$50.00 200.00

Species	Variety	Description	Height	Per 100	Per 1000
ARB OR VITAE, Thuya
	AMERICAN ARBORVITAE, Thuya Occidentals
	2 - year seedlings .... 3 - year transplants . . . Twice transplanted . . . Twice transplanted . . . Three times transplanted .	3- 5" 4- 7" 15-20" 3-4'	$2.00 2.50 7.00 8.00 75.00	$10.00 15.00 50.00
EUROPEAN LARCH, Larix Europea
		2 - year seedlings .... 3 - year transplants . . . 4- year transplants . . . Twice transplanted . . .	5-10" 12-24" 10-20"	$1.50 3.25 3.50 8.00	$8.00 20.00 25.00 50.00
RED CEDAR, Juniperus Virginiana
		2 - year seedlings .... 3 - year transplants . . . Twice transplanted . . .	1-3" 5-12"	$2.25 3.50 8.00	$12.00 25.00 50.00
JAPANESE YEW, Taxus Cuspidata
		Twice transplanted . . .	6-12"	$15.00	$100.00
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Planting Distances and Number of Trees per Acre

For forest planting- the trees are usually spaced four, five or six feet apart. If less than four feet apart the trees will tend to crowd each other as they approach maturity. If planted more than six feet apart the trees will have a tendency to grow “limby”. For the customary spacing for forest planting the number of trees required is as follows:

4x4 feet — 2,720 per acre.

5x5“ —1,740 “

6x6 “ —1,210 “

Care of Trees on Arrival

Hampshire Evergreens are packed in such fashion that they reach you in perfect condition. When they arrive it is best, of course, to get them into the ground as soon as you can, but it isn’t necessary to drop everything and plant them at once. Dig a little trench about five or six inches deep. Place the roots of the tiny trees in the trench, spaced rather thinly and let them lean at an angle of about, forty degrees with their tops toward the sun. Cover with moist earth to within two or three inches of the top. A cool, shady spot in moist earth is ideal. If your soil is dry be careful not to water too heavily. Excessive moisture may cause them to overheat. Trees properly “heeled in” in this man¬ ner need not be planted for several days . . . but get them into the ground as soon as you conven¬ iently can.

When To Plant

The best time to plant is in early spring after snow disappears, just as soon as the frost gets out of the ground. After the ground is free from frost, any time is planting time for the next several weeks. And there is another fine planting period in the fall. September and October are almost always fine for planting . . . and even the latter part of August after an average moderate summer. There are just twro things to watch out for in fall planting. After a prolonged dry spell remember that

hot dry soil is unkind to even the best of tiny trees. Wait for your soil to become tempered with

moisture. And if you consider late planting after a rainy spell just bear in mind that heavy soil is liable to “heave”. You can readily appreciate what heaving of the soil will do to the tender roots of tiny trees.

Planting Methods

Two men work to best advantage in planting small tracts. The first one makes the holes with a grubbing-hoe or mattock. The other one follows with the tiny trees, their roots immersed in a pail of mud and water. In each hole plant a tree, slightly deeper in the ground than it stood in the

nursery. Be sure every tiny tree is set firmly in the soil. You can not plant them too firmly. It is

important that after the tiny trees are taken from the “heeling-in” trench their roots are not

allowed to become dry. Keep them immersed in mud every minute until planted. It isn’t necessary to prepare the ground in any w-ay before planting. Just dig the holes and set in the tiny trees. For more extensive plantings a crew of five works most effectively. Two men precede, digging the holes in parallel rows at proper intervals. The third follow's with his mud-paid containing the tiny trees. He hands the trees, as needed, to the two men bringing up the rear, who plant them firmly to the proper depth. It takes longer to tell about it than it does to do it.

Christmas Tree Planting

When planting for Christmas-tree profits the trees most widely used for best results are Norway

Spruce, White Spruce, Douglas Fir, Balsam Fir and Colorado Spruce. If you are accessible to a

market for three-foot “table-trees” you can plant your tiny trees as close as 2 x 2 feet. For full- grown seven-foot Christmas-trees the best spacing is 4 x 4 feet. Closer spacing will force the trunk- growth and make the joints between branch-rings too long to command the top price for attractive

Christmas-trees. If you are reasonably near a large city where a market exists for “table-trees” you can make your land do double duty. Plant your tiny trees with the two-foot “table-tree” spacing. When they are three feet tall thin them and sell those you cut for “table-trees”. This thinning can best be accomplished by cutting every tree in every other row in one direction and then the direction at right angles cut every tree in every other row of the trees that remain.