, 1859-01-14
AgticuItuts.
Transplanting small Trees.

1t has been very general, almost univer-
sal desire among tree-planters, to have large
sized trees from the nursery. One person
about to set out an orchard, wrote, Send
me the man trees. do not want puny
little children-but large, llgrown speci
mems" Another said, " want the largest
tees you have-I don't care much what
kind they are-but give me tall ones-if a
rod high, all the better" But" the nur-
seryman replied, "smaller ones will be bet
ter in five years than these" "ldon't care,
| want big ones; may not live five years,
and want fruit noW." Three or four years
after, the same planter called again. With.
out waiting for On inquiry, the nurseryman
Immediately remarked, Well, have some
fine large trees which can furnish" Dtn't
want 'em don't want EN-! was the an
swer, ave had enough Of large trees
they have cost me ten times as much labor
to set out as the small ones took from ne
cessiiy. They have not grown one inch;
are just the same size bought them, al
though have doctored them and nursed
them, and they have borne NE only very
few of halfgrown worthless fruit. The
small trees have already outstrippcd them,
and have began to bear large, exccllcntspec-
imcns."
These experiments have now become so
numerous that change in the opinion Of
planters has generally taken place, in rela-
tion 10 the size Of trees. Where twelve feet
were formerly demanded as a desirable
height, five or SIX feet are quite as satisfac-
tory, aid sore find still smaller ones to do
better. At a meeting Of the Fruit Grow
ers' Society of Western New York, held at
Rochester year ago, this subject was fully
discussed, and none, who had ever tried the
experiment with large aud small trees side
by side, could be found who preferred the
former. Many instances were related, and
in every case without exception (good cul
turc being given) the small trees soon out
grew the others, and were not only larger,
but incomparably more vigorous and thri ty.
Two year apple trees and one year peach
trees were preferred by some Of the best
cultivators present, to any Of larger dimen.
sions. And in addition TO these advantages,
the smaller trees are almost sure to survive
transplanting, with scarcely loss of one in
a thousand; while the extra large ones, the
roots of which must lie greatly mutilated in
removal, die by scores. The labor of dig.
ging up the large trees, the cost Of trans.
portation on them, and the cost Of resctting
them, are all several times greater than with
smaller ones. Where they are to be sent
some distance, the increased cost Of convey.
ance, as well as in risk, and in packing, is
greater than hasty observer has any idea
Of A tree, for example, which is twice the
height and diameter Of another, is greater
in weight in cubic rat o. If hundred Of
the smaller weigh two hundred pounds, one
hundred Of the larger will weigh eight hun
dred pounds, or nearly half ton--the cube
Of two being eight. A single season's
growth will often make the difference in the
nursery-but many years, after being checked
by removal when large. There seems, in.
deed, to be every reason why trees should
be removed small, and everything against
the practice Of leaving the work till they at
tain large size. Sir Joshua Reynolds said
if he were to plant picture of Folly, It
would be by representing boy climbing
over high wall with an open gate close at
his side. Had he lived now, he might do it
with equal effect, by representing purcha-
ser selecting large trees at nursery, and
rejecting the young thrifty ones.
There is only one instance in which the
larger trees can have any advantage, or can
maintain It for two or three years,-and
this is where both large and small are trea-
ted with total neglect after setting out, SO as
barely to survive and not grow at all. Both
remaining stationary, the larger ones will Of
course maintain their superiority. But all
good cultivators discard such treatment.
The practice of copying English customs,
has in this case had an especially pernicious
effect. In Britain, the moist climate favors
the removal Of larger trees than can be safely
transplanted here.-AB. CHltiVdtor.
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