52 QUINCE CULTURE. 



Trees received in the fall for spring planting can be 

 kept in this way in good condition, and will be ready to 

 plant earlier than where the planter waits till spring be- 

 fore ordering them, because in the hurry of spring work 

 some must necessarily wait. 



If trees are heeled-in in bundles, those inside are not 

 pressed by the earth, and become dry. If the trees slope 

 toward the south, they will not thaw out as soon in 

 spring, as the tips shade the ground toward the sun. 

 Heeling-in erect is only recommended where there is 

 danger from mice. The place for heeling-in should be 

 high enough to secure freedom from all danger of the 

 trees becoming water-soaked. A sheltered situation is 

 most desirable. 



CHAPTER IX. 



WHEN TO TRANSPLANT KEEPING A RECORD EF- 

 FECTS OF WINDS STRAIGHTENING TREES. 



THE best season to transplant is when the sap is compar- 

 atively dormant, between the fall of the leaves in autumn 

 and the development of the buds in spring. To decide in- 

 telligently what is the best; time to transplant we should, 

 as far as possible, take into account the various agents 

 that influence vegetation, such as the relative warmth of 

 the soil and atmosphere, and the mildness or severity of 

 the climate in winter. Then, again, the nature of the 

 soil will be an important consideration, as also the facility 

 for doing the work in the best manner. 



The greatest difference between the mean temperature 

 of the earth and the air is in October, when the earth a foot 

 below the surface is from a degree to a degree and a half 



