118 SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
from one to four inches in diameter, and, though some die,- 
variety of black fruited Haw, the leaves of which more 
closely resemble those of the Pear than the indented 
kind possessed by the Red Haw do, and with results simi- 
lar to the above. Yours, &c , D. M. 
Osyka, Mus., Feb., 1859. 
[The opinions we expressed on this subject were main- 
ly bas 3 d upon the experiments of the two very careful and 
practical gentlemen before alluded to, (“A. C.” and D, 
Ponce) and not upon any special results of our own. We 
saAV very thrifty and productive Pear trees on Haw stocks, 
in the orchard of one of these gentlemen (“A. C.”} and 
we know that the Pear has been occasionally worked upon 
this stock from the earliest infancy of Pomology. We did 
not mean to recommend the Haw as the best stock for the 
Pear, by any means; but we thought it deserved farther 
trial, in view of the success that had attended the experi- 
ments of our friends. W^e join our correspondent, “D- M.,” 
in asking further information from such of our readers as 
have well and fully tested the matter.— -Eds ] 
TRANSPI.ANTING FOREST EVERGREENS. 
Friend Harris: — The taste and character of a people 
is manifest in the appearance of their home. And in 
turn, the character of the homes of a country have a 
powerful influence on the character and taste of the in- 
habitants. Who ever knew a well appointed home, 
beautified with the rich adornments which nature so 
bountifully affords, to turn out an awkv/ard, uncouth 
youth d 
The great difficulty in successfully transplanting Ever- 
greens, is the extreme tenderness of the wood. If the 
earth is removed from the roots, it is almost sure to break 
off with it the small fibres or spongioles through which 
the tree receives its nutriment. The great desideratum, 
then, is to keep the earth aldout the roots as near in place 
as possible. Dig the holes to receive the trees, say four 
to six feet in diameter, and two to three feet deep. Fill 
them up v/ithin eighteen inches of the top, mingling with 
the earth a considerable portion of gravel or stones, twigs, 
leaves, etc. Then take the wagon and one or two good 
hands, and if you have to go five or ten miles for the trees, 
start early, so that you need not be hurried. When you 
get to the woods, remember that if you carelessly take up 
a dozen trees and they die, you not only lose your time 
and labor, but are responsible for discouraging yourselves 
and neighbors ; while, if you transplant half the number 
with care and skill, and they live, your labor could scarce- 
be expended more profitably, as you mot only increase 
the enjoyment of your own families, and every one who 
visits you, but adds hundreds of dollars to the price of 
your property, in case of its sale. 
Dig a trench around the tree far enough from it to not 
mangle the roots, and when satisfied you are below the 
level of the roots, undermine it till it is loose. Then slip 
a board underand work the tree gradually on to it, till one 
can get hold of each end, and so carry it and place it 
nicely in the wagon. After arranging the trees all in the 
wagon, throw in a considerable amount of dirt taken 
from where the trees grew ; this will help to keep the 
earth attached to the roots in place, and be excellent to put 
about the trees in setting them out. As you put the dirt 
about tlie roots, keep throwing in water to settle it closely 
around them. Plant the tree about the same depth it grew 
in the woods, but leave the hole in which it is set, unfill- 
ed, say four to six inches below the surface of the ground, 
in order that it may collect moisture and hold the mulch- 
ing. Mulch it with pine twigs and leaves brought from 
the woods. 
In this wav T transplant Evergreens from the forest. 
enoueh live to compensate, ten-fold, for the trouble. 
^ Wm. H. Ladd, 
\in Ohio Cultivator. 
For the Southern Cultivator. 
THE OliD PEACH TREE— WITH A MORAL. 
That old unsightly Tree ! 
What moral might it teach. 
When it lately tendered me 
A melancholy Peach I 
Its roots in rifted clay ! 
Its trunk to v/orm and sun! 
Blown down and washed away'. 
Yet strangely living on ! 
The very utmost crest 
Of that unshadowed hill, 
And not, from east to west, 
A rival pinnacle ! 
Beside a cabin, all 
As mouldered as itself. 
With weeds upon the wall 
And a “May-Pop” on the shelf. 
Of man, or beast, the sole 
Successful speculation 1 
The harvest of a whole 
Plantation’s desolation ! 
What moral might it teach. 
That old unsightly Tree, 
As it tendered me a peach, 
Acidulous, tho’ free. 
’Twas thus the Peach-Tree said — 
‘ Oh ! stranger 1 tell me why. 
If this old Peach ain’t dead, 
A Peach should ever die!” 
But I only shook ray head. 
And inly answered — “Why!” 
COL. L. B. BUCKNER’S ORCHARD. 
While on a recent visit to Milledgeville, we much de- 
sired to visit this orchard, but were prevented from doing 
so. An account of it was given us by a friend, the sub- 
stance of which we place before our readers. We hope 
Col. Buckner will forgive the liberty we have taken with 
his name, as his success establishes several important 
points in Pomology at the South. Col. Buckner’s orchard 
is situated near Scottsboro, a few miles from Milledgeville. 
It consists of 7,000 apple trees,~ 6,500 of which are the 
Shockley or Romanite apple. Col. B. regrets that his 
whole orchard is not composed of this variety. This 
apple came originally from Jackson county in this State. 
Its fruit keeps until June, and, being an upright grower, 
Col. Buckner places his trees only 17 feet apart. 
Col Buckner’s orchard covers fifty acres of ground. 
The soil is exceedingly poor pine land. Yet it is found 
that the Shockley apple grows to a larger size and is more 
finely flavored than in the up country. A crop ol peas is 
annually grown in this orchard. Some of the trees have 
produced as much as eight bushels. The fruit is put up 
