Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-08-09
TRANspLANrlNa TREES.
The Rich Man No Longer Willing t.
Witt Until Thar Grox

The Rich Man No Longer Willing to
Wait Until They Grow.
If man has the money he doesn't
have to Wait for nature to grow q
grove on his land these days, says the
Buffalo Express. Not so many years
ago, If man desired to have shade
trees decorate mis- lawn, he would have
to plant saplinss and wait five or ten
years for them to grow. But he doesn't
have to wait more than few days
now, II he has the price. It's price
that is high, though. Where he could
plant sapling for anywhere from 30
cents to 81, he mas to give up as much
as $3.50 for single tree sometimes.
The $3.50 trees have a diameter of
eighteen inches.
There are men and concerns now
that make speciality of planting
grown-up trees. Buffalo was one of
the first cities in the country to have
one of these institutions. One man
who is in that business there is max
ing lot of money now. Any day be-
tween March and June and between
October and December his peculiar
carts may be seen carrying gigantic
trees through the streets Of the city to
rich mems plots.
Recently four immense elms were
transported out of Delaware avenue,
destined to shade the lawn of a man
WHO is building splendid new home.
One hundred md fifty dollars is what
he will have to pay for each Of them.
But he has n guaranty that they will
be replaced if they die within three
years.
Films. naples, lindcns and sycamores
are the chief kinds which the grown
up-tree man handles. The biggest prob
lem the man Is up against is getting
the trees. He obtains most of them
in the country surrounding Buffalo.
One would be surprised to learn Of the
number of these four kinds of shade
trees that may be found close to Buff
falo, but the grown-up-tree man can
not take any kind Of tree. He must
be very particular Iii his selection. The
tree must be in perfectly healthy
state and 1t must be of good proper
tons.
The farmer welcomes the grown-up-
tree man. Very often farmer that
pulls out ahead by selling some trees
that he never gave any thought to. For
the small six-inch trees 81 and So is
paid, but when it comes to the eight
een-inch ones $40 to SIS and sometimes
us high as $25 is paid. One farmer the
other side of Dspew got SIS apiece for
nineteen trees that We're on his place
He would have let them go for IS
apiece if his wife hadn't disapproved Of
the idea of selling them at all. AT her
behest he put off the tree man for q
few days. When the tree man came
again, very anxious to get the trees
the farmer again adjourned the pros
pective sale and made some inquiry as
to what trees were being sold for. AS
a result the tree man had to treble his
offer before the bargain was made
They were exceptionally fine trees and
just happened TO be what one of the
customers of the tree man wanted.
The tree man has special cart fol
transporting the trees. 1t Is a patent
ed vehicle, built in sections, with q
chute into which the tree can be easily
lowered and from which 1t can be
easily slid into the hole at the Other
end of the route.
All the transplanted trees usually
are guaranteed for three years. Very
Co 30 to r~r %1,1 ,Io L.
done by men who thoroughly under
stand their business, and they are wei
cared for afterward. If a transplantet
tree will live for three years it will
live as long afterward as 1t would Ii
its natural place, says the grown-up
tree man.