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Show HIGH-HEADED GARDEN TREES They Permit Working Ground Under Them ari for Growing Crops That Stand Shade. (Prepared by the Vnn-, States Department of Agriculture.) In the small home garden, where it is iieer-ssury to utilize every foot of grnun 1. trees with the heads fonneil 5 to 7 ft-et higli are desirable. They allow for working the ground under them and for growing certain crops tluit will thrive in partial shade. Years f .4" ! f r ( v t. Apple Trees With Cover Crop of Al falfa. ago It was the common practice of American nurserymen to head young trees at 4 to 0 feet high, but t lie demand for low-headed trees for commercial com-mercial orchards forced a change aud now nursery fruit trees are grown with heads formed at 4 feet or lower. The United States Department of Agriculture says that many of the English and French nurserymen, who supply local trade, grow trees with tall, hare trunks especially for garden gar-den culture. American nuserymea similarly situated might find profit In producing such trees. Gardeners who cannot find high-headed high-headed trees are advised to buy tall yearling whips and form the heads al such height as they desire. After setting set-ting the tree cut off the stem at six or seven feet above the ground and, as the buds break, rub off all those to within a foot of the top. Leave three to five buds spaced evenly around the trunk to form a well-balanced head. It is possible to grow and to mow a good lawn under high headed trees. |