32 ORANGE CULTURE IN FLORIDA. 



in transporting them, the grower would do well to 

 plant them liberally. In transplanting sour stumps 

 too much care cannot be exercised. 



Many of the wild groves are found in low wet 

 land. The tap-root is small, and the laterals near 

 the surface, while reaching a considerable distance, 

 have few or no fibrous roots near the base of the 

 tree. They have also been accustomed to an 

 abundance of shade and moisture. One must see 

 at once that new and entirely different habits must 

 be formed by such trees transplanted into a drier 

 soil and with less shade and moisture. These new 

 habits have to be formed at a time when the tree is 

 least able to bear the change. It is better to select 

 trees grown in a drier soil. I have, however, suc- 

 ceeded in transplanting trees from a swamp, at the 

 time of taking them up flooded with water. Some 

 such are now healthy and fine bearers. 



In taking up large sour trees, have at hand a 

 sharp axe, a sharp narrow-bladed saw, and two sharp 

 spades prepared especially for such work. The 

 spades should be made to order, narrower than 

 usual, with handle and jaws sufficiently stout to be 

 used in prying. With such tools the work will be 

 greatly expedited and done much more satisfactori- 

 ly. The time saved in one day's work with such 

 tools will pay for their cost. 



If ready to begin, saw off the top, leaving a 

 stump five or six feet high to be used as a lever for 

 bending the tree out of its bed. Now drive down 



