MR. G. LEE ON LIFTING FRUIT-TREES. 



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Passans de Portugal," age ten years, height 16 feet, spread 7 ft., 

 diameter 4| in. 



" Louise Bonne of Jersey," age ten years, height 16 ft., spread 

 6 ft., diameter 5y in. 



" Shobden Court," age ten years, height 17 ft., spread 7 ft., dia- 

 meter 5 in. 



" G-ravenstein," age nine years, height 12 ft., spread 8 ft., diameter 

 6 in. 



All these have been very much pruned so as to bring them into 

 shape. 



The other apples removed last season cannot be strictly called 

 "pyramids," they are more properly " bush trees;" many varieties 

 of apples I find rather difficult to keep leaders to, so as to form 

 pyramids. I will, lastly, give a few lifted last season, to be re- 

 lifted this, for removal next to the new garden. 



These are some which have not been regularly lifted, and there- 

 fore require two liftings to insure their doing really well after re- 

 moval ; they are all standards, with stems from 4 to 6 ft. They 

 were not commenced with young. 



" Orange Bergamot," age twenty-five years, height from ground 



25 ft., spread 20 ffc., diameter 1 ft. 

 " Catillac," age fifteen years, height from ground 25 ft., spread 



15 ft., diameter 10^ in. 

 " Grlou Morceau," age eighteen years, height from ground 23 ft., 



spread 13 ft., diameter 10 in. 

 "Broom Park," age sixteen years, height from ground 19ft., 



spread 14 ft., diameter 9 in. 

 " Knight's Monarch," age sixteen years, height from ground 17 ft., 



spread 13 ft., diameter 7 in. 

 " Eyewood," age sixteen years, height from ground 23 ft., spread 



13 ft., diameter 8 in. 



With many others sixteen to eighteen years old with large spread- 

 ing heads. 



If it is necessary to lift a large tree which has not been pre- 

 viously lifted, a somewhat wider circle must be taken, and per- 

 haps one-third of the roots, or nearly so, be left undisturbed. The 

 turning over will be a little difficult, but not so much so if the soil is 

 cleared some little distance further on that side, so as to allow the 

 roots more space to bend ; and as the roots will most likely be 

 grown very irregular, to keep them properly spread and in their 



