94 SELECTING, PLANTING, AND CULTIVATION. 



Mr. L. Peck, of Kew Haven, removed to his garden a 

 Flemish Beauty, twelve years old, which, in the fall of 

 1857, bore a bushel of pears that averaged larger than 

 Duchesse d'Angonleme, grown on the same grounds. 

 A large number of trees of equal size, planted at 

 the same time, proved nearly as successful. Mr. Wm. 

 Ho^\Ti:, of Korth Salem, Westchester Co., planted a 

 few years since, some large trees from the pear ground 

 of Mr. Samuel Parsons, mentioned by Mr. Barry in 

 his '' Fruit Garden," and in two years obtained from it 

 then the finest Yicar and Easter Beurre Pears exhib- 

 ited at the Fair of the American Institute for that year. 



SEASON FOK EEMOVLNG AND PLANTING TREES. 



Our country possesses such a varied soil and climate 

 that no general rule can be given for the time of 

 planting ; indeed, the exact period must differ with 

 almost every season. The removal of trees should 

 take place while the vital powers are dormant, or 

 nearly so. This is indicated by the ripening, and ulti- 

 mately by the fall of the leaf, which occurs, in the 

 latitude of 'New York City, from the middle of Sep- 

 tember until the first of November. From the period 

 at which the leaves ripen until they form again in 

 April or May, trees may be removed witli safety 

 whenever the state of the weather will permit, and 

 the soil is sufficiently free from frost for their recep- 

 tion. Large numbers of trees are removed from nur- 

 series, and planted with success, immediately after the 

 leaves have been killed by early frost — such as remain 

 on the tree having been stripped off. 



The fibrous-rooted quince and root-pruned pear 



