Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1845-04-18
Sc rTlNG OUT TREES.

The spring season is now approaching, and
with it the time 10 set ont trees. Autumn is
generally preierrcd for this work, but we believe
it is generally conceded. especially. that, upon
clay land, trees can be ad, anlageously set out in
the spring. In regard TO the manner Of setting
ont a tree, it is presumed that there can be no
doubt hut that trees should be set in soil: which
is bnt a varne remark, when the term soil is Ia
ken in its general acceptation. Soil. arricultu-
rally, should mean the admiyture Of earth and
vegetable mould. which is the general charac-
teris'ic Of the surface Of new land. Subsoi'. al.
though it NAV contain organic matter, is quite
different since the organic matter it contains
is not in The form Of vegetable mould. Trees
should not be- SGT in the suhsoil, neither in a
bed Of mould, but in The mixture Of mould earth,
constituting sill.
IN setting ont trees, then, open a hole Ivy re-
moving the surface and putting it aside in heaps
then dig to the proper depths, throwing The sub
soil in separate heap now place the surface sol
in the bottom Ct the holes, planting your trees
IN il. This soil should be sufficient to bed the
l''''0 anu w Nlr'' : ~ u ~ ll'N' 'If.hC u
to soil the subsoil Tat yon have thrown out, by
admixing with it the insolublc vegetable mould
nf the forest, or that of well dry roiied peat
straw, weeds, chips, &c.; this done. fiji up, bed.
ding well the roots of the tree. As to the deptl
Of the holes, that mus, be left to the indamen'
Of the farmer, as respects the nature ofhis land
The roots must he where heat, air and moisture
can got al them.
If the land be sandy they should not be set II
near the surface-les' they get dry-if they &c
dry-if, the land he clayey they should no, be Sc
too deep lest they become too cold. To form
proper Judgment, step into d Grrent woods, notice
the diliare nee in The nature OF the soils, and tn.
depths at which trees plant themselves, maxi
then a little allowance for open exposure, an,
your judgment will rome about right.
1t will be folly TO talk about manuring tree
bnt 10 make soil, for it is quite a different thing
We have been prompted to take up this subjec
IN this manner from the following fact a pei
son who thought he understood the managemer
of trees, procured 100 fine young peach trees {
a nursery-man, and undertook to set them on
His method was as follows pits dug three fec
deep, in the bottom Of which he put the suriac
soil, filling up about one foot. ihen one f0,
depth Of rot,ed mnck, in other words vererabl
mould, in which the trees were planted, an
then one foot Of subsoil placed on top by acc
dent, one tree out of the hundred lived, ar
with that, Il we are not mistaken, he fell sho
of muck, and consequently the tree was plante
in the subsoil, having the soil underneath. TT
4, fault was in the trees-handsomer we had neve
seen--,hen it was in spring planting.-who won
dispute it Yet we would, from a anow!ed.
Of the trees and of the rotted muck made use
feel perfectly safe in venturing the remark tn
: had the subsoil and rorted muck been we'll mi
ed together and the trees planted therein, the
; is at least the probability that the one hundrC
d fine peach trees would have now been in a fl
|, growing condition.-N. Y. Farmer.