Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1872-09-04

II We may Judge By the number o. In
qniries rreeirvi a tbs ofice. Gays the
fri1zat. the Interest 20 fruit-ealturs has
never hecn msre ariivs than a. the pre-
INT time. Many Persnus are asking
xhethcr u i better 10 transplant 10 Fall
70 SAit til Spring. This question has
alEays been and seems likely 10 eontinu-
an unsettled one. even among the most
intelligent aud experienced men With
large fruits. including pears. apples and
peaches, mach mare depends upon the
condition and preparation 81 the ground
than upon the setsnn AZ which the trans
planting takes plaee. At different times
and under different treatment, we have
instituted experiments. the results Il
which we hoped might serve A. = guide,
hut a. yet nothing definite on this point
has been determined. On four ur i've &c
casions In putting ont luts OF 200 In 500
pear Trees. half would he planted In the
Ftl aud the other half in the Spring
fSice there was very nOticeably differ
cnce In the grOwth IT the trees for q year
or two. but invariably this difference
you'd disappear. 81 that at the end OF
i've years one could not positively distin
guish between them With tall and weak
trees there is srriuus Ohjecti.ns a. Fall
planting The Winter and early Spring
wlnds will unless the trees are staked
way them backward and forward to such
IN extent Ms to seriously disturb and dis
place the robts. This is especially true
# cherry ard spindling apple trees.
When this evil Is guarded against, then
Fall has some decided advantages over
spring planting. For instance. in the
Fall there il less pressing work To be-
lone, aud therefore mote time can be
gwen in tie transpl ,ntIng to details thai
IRE important to the welfare of the trees.
Again, the ground is usually during An
tumn in better order for a longer period
~ that there Is M necessity OF hurrying
forward the work. as is frequently the
case in the spring. For these reasons we
have on different occasions recommended
Fall planting, of apples, pears, peaches,
and grapes, nor do we see any good rea-
son to change opinion in this respect.
There Is no doubt, however, that, all things
being equal, the Spring is decidedly the
hest season in which to do the work
But the frost may remain in the ground
I'LL the middle of April. Following this
may be a spell of wet weather, keeping
The soil heavy and cold, and unfit to plant
trees in, and thus the time be so shorten
ed that if the job lie done at all it has to
be done in hurry, in which event many
important minor matters are likely to be
neglected Better wait whole year than
run the risk OF planting the trees in wet
ground, under any circumstances.
Before planting see to IL that the
ground is in good order, thoroughly pul.
verified by blowing, cross blowing, and
subsoiling, until every part of it, to n
1.pth of Is inches, is well disturbed
For fruit trees, ground should be in good
heart, hut il is great mistake to suppose
that they need to be planted in rich gar
den soil. Ground that will give $50 t.
200 bushels of potatoes to the acre Is
strong enough for them or for grapevines
Wrl.rotted ward manure applied year
or two in advance will hest bring the soil
up to the standard of quality. At the
time of setting, some finely ground bone
or super.phosphate of lime to sprinkle
around the roots will be of service. As
to the season, however, we repeat that
with II good soil in good order, properly
mellowed, it will be safe to transplant APP
pies, pears, peaches, or grapes, either in
Spring or Fall.