Nebraska palladium. [volume] (Bellevieu City, Neb.) 1854-1855, 1854-12-06
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FALL AND SPRING TRANS


ue II the old delusion that fall is
the best time for transplanting
trees'-stating hal some shrubs
and almost all plants, renewed in
the fall when the sap, the great
supporter Of their life, has gone
into their root, Vegetation ceases
in them, and they consigned to a
new soil, perhaps not a single f.
bre of the roots taking hold until
spring, if indeed, detached almost
if not entirely, from all nourish
ment, any life remains, are des-
troyed by fall transportation
Fruit trees, being more hardy,
bear up, but they are forever stric-
KEN" &c. In the spring. "if the
dirt is wet, and packed solid round
the roots, before they are dug,
touching OF injuring as few of the
flores and roots as possible, and
carefully setting in their new bed
vegetation goes straight on" &c.
We give this quotation for a sake
of pointing ont a very common
error, namely, hal the sap goes
down into the roots TO winter
Instead Of this, the sap pervades
usually all parts Of a tree alike,
and while covered with leaves.
these keep up a constant drain or
escape. When the leaves fall, al
through vegetation has ceased,
the roots still absorb a small guam
tity, and as their il no escape
the leaves, the vessels of the tree
gradually become filled or distend-
ed, SO that on the approach OF
warm weather, stimulating activity
the least wound is followed by a
flow of the sap. As soon as the
new leaves expand, as a general
rule, his flow from missions cea-
ses, in consequence Of the drain
afforded in other direction.
Now it usually happens that
removing the tree in the spring
cuts off in a measure the supply
from the roots at the very moment
1t is most wanted,-an evil quiet
as great as that res Ting from any
diminished supply in consequence
of fall planting. One c~orrespon-
dent speakes ofthe evil Of ga new
cold soil;''-are we TO understand
from this that the plant has warmed
the bed in which it stood, and
that it is chilled, like a human
being, by removal to a fresh bed
Is not the 'new soil'' as relatively
cold in spring as in autumnl He
speaks of life being destroyed by
I ansporation''--this must refer to
long distances; vet trees NAV be
seat thou and Of miles if well
packed, with nearly or quite the
SAFETY attending their removal to
the next farm. Ample experience
has proved this to be true. Why
are we not all allowed to take the
same pains in saveing the roots
and carrying the earth upon them
for autumn as well as for spring
transplantingl
But throwing theory aside
we have in the course Of our
practice set ont many ten thou
sand oftrees Of various sizes. both
in autumn aid in spring, and we
are satisfied that more, by at least
twenty-fold depends on a good soil
careful work, and especially on
the subsequent culture, then on
the season of the year; neverthe-
less, if it were not for the lihilitv
TO be thrown out or raised BY
frost. and the danger TO half ten
der frots from the cold Of winter
we think the advantages would
decidedly preponderate in favor
of autumn more especially be-
cause it is not accompanied with
the check we have already spoken
of at the very moment the trees
should commence to grow vigor-
ously. We have never found
hardy trees to succeed better, if
as well other things being the
same, as when carefully dug up in
autumn and well laid in till spring
when they were set out without
the above mentioned check.
Shrubs and small plants, if in
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