. Barry's Fruit garden. Fruit-culture. TAKING UP TREES FROM THE NURSERY. 169 of the fibrous roots has been already explained. It has been shown that they are the principal absorbing parts of the roots, and when they are destroyed, the tree receives a great shock, from which it requires good treatment and a lono: time to recover. There is a o^reat difference in the character of roots, some penetrating the ground to a great depth, and. requiring much labor in the removal, others quite fibrous near the surface, and consequently very easily taken up. This difference is not owing alone to the diffe
. Barry's Fruit garden. Fruit-culture. TAKING UP TREES FROM THE NURSERY. 169 of the fibrous roots has been already explained. It has been shown that they are the principal absorbing parts of the roots, and when they are destroyed, the tree receives a great shock, from which it requires good treatment and a lono: time to recover. There is a o^reat difference in the character of roots, some penetrating the ground to a great depth, and. requiring much labor in the removal, others quite fibrous near the surface, and consequently very easily taken up. This difference is not owing alone to the difference in the species, but to whether the subjects have or have not been frequently transplanted. The way to take up a tree properly is to dig a trench on each side, at the extremities of the lateral or spreading roots, taking care that the edge, and. not the face of the spade, be kept next the tree, so that the roots will not be cut off. When this trench is so deep as to be below all the lateral roots, a sliglit pull, and a pry on each side with the spade, will generally bring out the tree. If there be strong tap- roots, running down to a great depth, they may be cut with astroke of the spade. Laborers who have not been accustomed to the work, invariably perform it badly; and it is difficult to get it properly done, even by experienced hands. It is a work requir- ing care and leisure, though it is usually performed slovenly, and in great haste. Labelling,—When a tree, or a number of trees, of any variety are taken up, a label, with the name written on it, should at once be attached. The kind of label used in the nurseries here is a piece of pine, about three and a half inches long, three-fourths of an "label fok inch wide, and one-eighth of an inch thick. trees. A neck is made on one end by cutting into each edge about an eighth of an inch; a piece of No. 26 copper wire, about seven or eight inches long, is then fastened in the middle, on the neck of the label, with 8. P
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