PLANTING GUIDE  TABLE OF CONTENTS   What Should I Do When I Receive My Plants? When to Plant What Should I Do with my plants if I cannot plant right away? Fall Delivery Landscaping Your Yard using Trees, Shrubs, and edible Ornamentals          Mature Size of some landscaping plants and trees Choosing a Planting Site  (Soils, Drainage) Planting Your Tree Digging the Hole Setting Your Tree and filling the hole Mulching Staking Watering Screening Fertilization Pruning The Home Orchard Spacing, Patterns The Orchard Year Spraying and Insect Control Common insect pests of Apples Varmint Control Protection against sunscald Sources for Products APPLE TREES     Which Apples Should I Choose?  Disease Resistance, Why Standard rootstocks are better for northern growers Apple Diseases PEAR TREES PIE CHERRIES & MANCHURIAN APRICOTS GRAPES CURRANTS & GOOSEBERRIES BLUEBERRIES JUNEBERRIES LINGONBERRIES RASPBERRIES RHUBARB ELDERBERRIES NUT TREES   Black Walnuts, Butternuts, Hickories, Oaks, Hazelberts