Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1849-11-09
AGRICULTURAL.
TranspIanting Trees.

THE following directions for ransplantng trees are
from Jaques's Practical Treatise the Management Of
Fauat ITees-a work recently published. In CONVEX
sation with the author short time SINCE he assured
to transplant his standard trees in the autumn
IN preference to the spring He says he has found,
from many carefully conducted experiments that ex-
cept the peach (and this only when it has not been
transplanted before, or reset as the term all fruit
trees and all hardy ornamental trees are certain
to live and to make vigorous growth the ensuing
year. when they transplanted in the autumn, say
from the middle of October to the middle of Noyem-
Der, instead of in the spring Of course,
trees four feet in height and OF so many age
for owing to the heaving of the FROST little trees are
more safely set in the spring. The placing of the
conical mound (see Gtter-treatment, below around
autumn transplanted trees, is an almost indispens
able requisite to success.
"Trees of medium size, say from FIVE to ten feet
high, such as commonly taken from the nursery
to the fruit garden or orchard not generally set
with sufficient care There is no false economy
than that which does this work hastily and imper-
fectly. 1t much better not to attempt this Ia
Dor at all, until one has time and means wherewith
to do it well.
"1st Preparation of place for setting the tree
Dig hole avoiding the sites of old trees five to sew
en- feet in diameter and fifteen to twenty inches Deep
placing the sods, if in Swaziland in heap, the
soil in another and the sub-soil in third The di
ameter of the hole ought to be at least three times
and in deep, rich land, even smaller will an
swer. But if the planter has patience to dig still
wider and to any depth less than three feet he will
find himself amply repaid, in the latter growth and
health of his trees. If holes are dug over twenty
inches deep, they may be filed up to that depth
with cobble stones, old bones, or even gravel The
rest of the hole should be filled with mixture of
the SOIL subsoil and rich black loam well rotted
compost manure to the height where it is proper to
place the tree. With the hand or spade shade the
soil for the roots into the form of little cone on
which to set the hollow in the centre Of the clump of
roots. If this is done weeks or seven months,
before setting the tree, it will be all the better
'2d Preparing and placing the tree.-If the ground
is dry roots have been much exposed to the air
since the tree taken up soak the lower part of
the trunk in water, twelve or twenty-four hours
cut off all bruises and broken ends of roots smoothly
with knife, and shorten in the longest, that the
clump of roots may have somewhat circular form
In cutting root always enter the knife upon the un
der side, and bring it out with slope to the upper
side so that the bres which may shoot out from the
edges of the cut shall strike downward into the
ground, instead of upward, as they would were the
cut made it commonly is If the tree is quite large,
and considerable quantity of it's roots have been
lost in removing it, its branches must be shortened
back or the alternate butts thinned to restore the
balance of power between the parts below and those
above the ground, for reasons already explained
This being DONE set the tree and gently press down
upon the place designed for it. AS there will be
tendency for the tree to settle down in its new loca
tion the planter should aim to have stand higher
rather than lower, than stood previously to being
moved, remembering that nothing is more fatal tc
the growth and health Of a tree, than to bury its
roots uanaturoly deep in the ground. Trees Of me
dunn and large size, set upon very gentle elevation
like a turtles back, succeed admirably; and So if a
tree should by accident be set rather too high the
ground can be raised little around it, OF, if this be
omitted, the roots of tree too deeply set cannot
shoot upward except in the very offensive form Of
suckers.
"3d Filling up around the tree-With good rich
soil, fill up under, among, around and above the
roots, Strengthening them out with the fingers, and
placing them in a fan-Gke and natural position
ing very cautious not to leave any, SMALL hol-
| low places among them. If the root is one-sided
make the most you of the weaker part. At that
stage of the work. if you have patience, it is ex-
cellent plan to make circular dam around the edge
of the hole and keep it full of water for half hour
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