San Andreas independent., 1856-09-24
Autumn TranspIanaing.

upon, but from the continued inquiries
made of us, we are induced to give briefly
the chief reasons for and against the
practice:
There are certain conditions under
which fall transplanting is always adyan-
tageous, and generally best. These con-
ditions are hardy trees and dry soil.
l. They should be hardy, for tender
tree is always made more susceptible to-
the cold of winter by removal in autumn.
2. The soil should be dry, or admit
such water as falls upon it to pass off
freely. It is very bad treatment to allow
water to collect about tree, and then to
freeze hard among the newly set roots.
Apple trees are very hardy, and gener-
ally succeed best if set out in autumn, as
the soil becomes well settled about them,
and they have nothing to do early in the
spring but to commence growing. In
this way they get an earlier start If the
roots of fall transplanted apple tree are
examined in spring, about the usual time
Of digging trees, new set Of rootlets will
be found pushing out from the old ones,
at least week or two in advance Of any
that may be emitted by spring-set trees.
IF, however, they are dug in the fall, and
well laid in, the same rootlets will be
formed early in the spring, and such trees,
if set out carefully, so as not to injure
these, will possess a decided advantage
over such as are dug In the spring.
Cherry and pear trees are nearly as
hardy as the apple, and may be advanta-
geously removed in autumn, if the pre-
cautions which we have pointed out are
observed
Peach trees are half hardy, and their
success can be relied on under favorable
influences. For instance, the wood should
be well ripened, otherwise their shoots, or
at least their tips, will be winter-killed
The ground must not only admit the water
to flow off freely, but must not retain it in
the sub-soil.
It is absolutely necessary in all cases,
and with all sorts of trees, hardy or other
wise, to secure them from being blown
about by the wind Small trees, with long,
carefully taken up roots, will not be easily
moved, and all that is necessary with these
in any case will be to bank up small
steep mound around the stem foot high
which will also protect them perfectly
from the mice, and assist in keeping the
frost out Of the roots by the depth Of the
soil above them-these mounds to be re-
moved the following spring. But larger
trees, and especially those with the roots
cut short, will require stalking. The
stake may be driven with less danger of
hitting and injuring. the roots, if the
operation is performed before the hole is
filed
When all the preceding precaution can
not be properly taken, it is best to procure
the trees in autumn, and clay them in by
the roots" OF dig trench or hole, place
the roots in, and bury that and half the
stems for the winter. But especial care is
needed to fill in all the interestics with
finely pulverized earth; to place them on a
dry BOSOM, or else on the surface of the
ground and bank up to them; and where
injury from mice is apprehended, to set
them nearly upright, and throw up the
earth In the form of a mound around them
No mouse will ever ascend a mound Of
fresh earth under the snow, and if there
are no interstices among the trees, they
will never touch them.
It must not be forgotten, however, that
important as is the proper transplanting of
trees, their subsequent success, fine growth
and productiveness, depend more on good,
clean and careful after-culture, than on
every thing else together, and that the
planter might as well expect to raise 40
bushels of corn in any unplowed meadow
as to look for fruit or young trees growing
among grass and Observation-Disclosures
The PRoGREss OF LIFE.-Men rejoice
when the sun is risen; they rejoice also
} wnen 1t goes down, while they are uncon-
) sclous OF the decay of their own lives
I wen rejoice on seeing the face of new
season. as at the arrival of one greatly de-
; sired. Nevertheless, the revolution of
; seasons IS the decay of human life. Frao-
+ ments OF drlft-wood meeting in the wide
: ocean continue together little snaoo
thus parents, wives, children, friends and
t riches remain with us short time. tban
t separate-and the separation is inevitable
No mortal can escape the common lot he
who mourns for his departed friends has no
power to cause them to return One stand
f ing on the road would readily say to 4
number of persons passing by, I will fol-
low you. Why, then, should person
grieve, when journeying the same road
which has been assuredly trodden by all
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= rushing down with irresistible impetuosity.
Knowing that the end of life is death,
every right-minded man ought to pursue