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fine, crisp, and tender : Juice^ plentiful, pleasantly acid, brisk, 

 and high-flavored: Core, large, open: Seeds, medium size. 

 Ripe in August and September. 



Art. III. Some Account of an Experiment in the Removal of 

 large Apple Trees, in the Autumti of 1846. B}'- P. 



Some time since, a friend and correspondent of ours was 

 relating to us a very successful experiment in the transplan- 

 tation of some remarkably large apple trees, in the fall of 1846, 

 from which he gathered, the present year, a considerable 

 quantity of fruit. Believing a detailed account of the method 

 he pursued in the removal of such large trees would interest 

 many of our readers, we prevailed upon him to send us a brief 

 statement of the experiment, which is as follows : — 



Mr. Hovey, — In reply to your question concerning the time, 

 method, and success of the removal of the large apple trees to 

 my orchard, I have not much to say. I only followed the 

 most natural way ; that is, so soon as the trees were in a con- 

 dition of rest in the autumn, and immediately after the leaves 

 had fallen, I aimed to secure as many as possible of the roots 

 in an uninjured condition, and then speedily to set the trees 

 in holes carefully prepared, of requisite size and depth. In 

 order to secure good roots, we began by removing the soil 

 around the base of each tree, until we found a root, and then 

 followed that to its termination, carefully saving all the fibres, 

 or endeavoring to do so. As the trees were quite large, (one 

 now measures thirty-seven inches in circumference at the 

 base,) the work was quite tedious; but, in a day and a half, 

 the three were sufficiently cleared, to be lifted perpendicular- 

 ly from their places, and then transported to their new homes, 

 a distance of more than half a mile. The expense and care 

 of transportation only, would have been increased, if the dis- 

 tance had been greater. 



The trees were not pruned that fall, only as some limbs 

 were removed for convenience of transportation. In the spring, 

 (1847,) I pruned them carefully, removing as many of the 

 blossoms, which came out in profusion, as 1 had patience and 



