M THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



season's growth. Tlie tree prodnces a good crop every year. Mr. 

 Dempsey states that his tree has been fruiting for five years, and the 

 crop has proportionately increased every year. The apple varies from 

 medium to large; somewhat conical in form; the color is bright red, 

 splashed and mottled with dark red. The stem is long, slender, set in 

 a deep, narrow, funnel-shaped cavity; calix closed, and set in a shallow, 

 strongly ribbed basin, flesh a little coarse grained, white, tender, break- 

 ing and juicy, flavor very mild sub-acid, pleasant, and slightly aromatic- 

 The fruit sells readily, commanding the highest rates. We think it is 

 worthy of the attention of those who find it necessary to plant the 

 hardier varieties on account of the severity of their climate,- 



THE SEASOI^ FOE TEANSPLANTING EVEEGEEEKS, 



BY S. B. SMALE, WROXETER. 



When should Evergreens be transplanted, is a question which has 

 been very often asked and as frequently answered. There is not a 

 month in the year wliich has not been, from time to time, advocated 

 as the proper season in which to perform this important work. But I 

 believe the majority of those who have either written or spoken on this 

 subject have stated the preferable time to be, in their judgment, from 

 the middle of May to tlie middle or end of June in each year. I have 

 known many to go so far as to say that this is the only time that it 

 can be done with anything like safety. To this rule I M'isli to take 

 exception, because the period named is that of the plant's greatest 

 activity; consequently, a greater shock will be given to it by its removal 

 at this particular period than at any other. It is now admitted by all 

 who have given attention to the subject, and it is in accordance with 

 both theory and practice, that the best time to transplant deciduous 

 trees is when they are dormant, that is, not growing; some time between 

 the falling of the leaf in Autumn and the bursting of the bud in Spring. 

 In this severe climate it is usually done in the Spring of the year, as 

 soon as the ground has become sufficiently dry and settled to work 

 easily. There is nothing in the nature of Evergreens to prevent this 

 rule from applying with equal, or even greater force to them. They, in 



