BEST AGE FOR TRANSPLANTING OF SORTS, 



HOW TO DO IT, ALSO THE BEST SEASON. 



The best age for transplanting apples, pears or plums 

 as standards that is trees grown upon roots of their spe- 

 cific sorts, is at two years from the growth of the bud or 

 graft. The pear grown upon the quince, the apple upon 

 the Doucain or Paradise stock, the peach upon the plum, 

 the apricot and nectarine upon the plum, should be 

 planted at one year from growth of bud or graft. 



If the trees come from a nursery, not grown by yourself 

 and upon your own ground, then ist, wet the package, 

 on receipt, before opening. 2d, dig a trench in some 

 light, dry soil, into which you can heel in the trees or 

 shrubs. Lay these trees at an angle of about forty-five 

 degrees, the tops at the south and so that the roots and 

 half the length of the bodies be covered with earth. The 

 roots eighteen inches deep, and the bodies ranging from 

 six to two inches as you go from the upper or crown roots 

 of the tree to the top. 



Trees received in autumn too late for planting, (after 

 treating as above), throw some brush over the whole and 

 scatter thereon straw or leaves, to shield from sun and 

 cold during winter. 



