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VOL. XI. 



BOSTOIV. AVEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER, 28, 1832. 



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TRANSPLANTING lyARGE TREES, ON SIR HENRY STEUART'S NE# THEORY. 





1]ie above eugravmg >.s taken from Steua.t's Planter's Guide, exhibiting the manner of taking up and removin- trees for trans.laufitiiio- 

 A view of the machn,e in motion will be found iti the engraving as taken on the spot by an mgenious artist. ^ The tree dehneated'is a beech abet 

 e>gh.-and-twenty feet ugh w.th a stout stem, a beautiful top, and with roots more than twelve feet long ; so that the whole i.. ealctilatedto forn 'a load 

 of consKlerable weight. The mode of mainta.nmg the balance, of bundling up the roots, of compressing and preserving the brunches s «Ko^he 

 vanous functions of tlie steersman, the balance men. and their assistants, may all probably be better apprehended m this vie^v of their united efibm 

 than Joy any verbal description. ' . •'<=,, ui 1111,11 uuulu enon^, 



It is easy to apprehend, that, with a niacliine so^:onstructed, the person stationed at the end of t^ pole, possesses the same complete power over 

 the direc .on ot it as the steersman over that of a b^t ; but with this disadvantage on the side of the former that the maciiine is fon'ore difficult 'o 

 manage th.an he boat m the water, owing to the griter mievenness of the surface of the g,-onnd, and the extrao.*naa-y len^^th of t le 1^ as c^-ed 

 with the rudder, thereby causing a much more sudiu hnpulse to be communicated to the machine tlian to the ilat. The' steer man of the n^ch n» 

 has tor that reason a far more difficult part to perfo^, m which much judgment as well as strength is called foitli, and where one assisLt and sc^Te: 

 times two or three, are requisite to aid hni 111 so laHorious a task. u»»i»Lum, auu some 



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For the iXew England Farmer. 

 AGRICULTURAIi ESSAYS, NO. VI. 



THE ADVANTAGES OF AN ORCHARD. 



AVhen we survey the goodly comitry around 

 us, of which our industrious ancestors took ])os- 

 session about two centuries ago, we see the ruins 

 of niany once beautiful and flourishing orchards : 

 and we are surprised that their descendants have 

 endeavored no more to counteract those i:n.ig( s 

 of time, by replacing the labor of their hiuids. 

 To excuse this negligence it has been observed, 

 that young orchards will not succeed on tlio.se 

 lands from which old ones have been removed ; 

 tliough pear trees will, and last for more than one 

 generation. But if this observation be just, and it 

 is more than probable that it may be, for lar^e 

 trees must impoverish the ground on which they 

 grow, there is scarcely any considerable farm oil 

 which some new situation may not be found on 



hich to place an orchard. Any southeast pros- 

 lect, or an hill dripping towards the south, which 

 3 a most excellent situation, or even the sides of 

 oads and fences around pastures and mowino- 

 nids, will answer very well. Trees thus placed 

 frill yield a great plenty of fruit ; increase the 

 jrass ; afford a comfortable shelter for cattle, and 

 ^e highly ornamental. 



It would he judicious to propagate a large pro- 

 portion of sweet apples : as they afford a rich re- 

 past for the table of the fanner; are equal ui value 

 to any other aiiples for cider ; and will almost 

 fatten sl^j) and swine. One would imagine, 

 that the profits and pleasures arising from an or- 

 chard, would stimulate the fiirmer to ju-opagate the 

 apple tree ; but in nothing, perhaps, has the present 

 generation been more deficient. Many farms on 

 which scarcely an apple is now to be seeu, abound- 

 ed with those of the first quality filly years ago. 

 Cider was then so plenty that it would not fetch 

 more than two or tliree shillings, at the press, per 



barrel ; nor more than five or six in ilie market. 

 In that part of the country in which the writer 

 then lived, about a dozen miles from Boston, apples, 

 pears, [ilimis, «herries and jieaches, were exceed- 

 ing plenty. Beys were seldom or never known to 

 rob fruit trees (jf any kind : and the poor had only 

 to ask and gatiier what tiiey wanted. I know of 

 no tree in this comitry which produces a greater 

 variety of fiui) than the apjile ; scarcely any two, 

 unless grartedj or inoculated, being of^ tlie" same 

 taste and flav»r, which can be used in a greater 

 varietfiof wajs, and preserved for a longer space 

 of time, than jiat which I am recommending. In 

 bloom the apiie tree makes a most beautiful ap- 

 pearance, ami the fruit of it even in iis crude 

 state, aft'ords an agreeable tart. Although it is 

 said by naturalists, that ihc crab is the parent of 

 all ajiples, th(y differ in many essential respects 

 from each otier. Some are ripe in July, and 

 highly agreeable to the palate ; otliers are iimture 

 in August, and in September ; and so on, in sue- 



