. The American fruit culturist. heboard, and set the tree in the notch. Proceed in this way tillthe whole orchard is planted. It is obvious that the trees willstand precisely where the first pegs were placed, and willrange in perfect rows. A large number or series of the twopins may be set successively by the board, so that a numberof workmen may be digging and planting at the same time. Transplanting. Very few of our common fruit or ornamental trees everremain where they first came up from seed, but nearly all are 64 TRANSPLANTING. removed one or more times, to the spot where they are finally
. The American fruit culturist. heboard, and set the tree in the notch. Proceed in this way tillthe whole orchard is planted. It is obvious that the trees willstand precisely where the first pegs were placed, and willrange in perfect rows. A large number or series of the twopins may be set successively by the board, so that a numberof workmen may be digging and planting at the same time. Transplanting. Very few of our common fruit or ornamental trees everremain where they first came up from seed, but nearly all are 64 TRANSPLANTING. removed one or more times, to the spot where they are finallyto remain. For this reason, transplanting becomes a mostimportant operation. If a tree could be removed with all itsroots, including the numerous threadlike radicles, and all thespongelets, and placed compactly in the soil, precisely as itstood before, it would suffer no check in growth. The nearerwe can approach this condition, therefore, the greater will beour a general rule, roots extend as far on each side of the. Fig. 98. Fig. 99. Pig. 100. Modes of Digging Nursery Trees. Fig. ioi. tree as the height of the tree itself. If, for instance a tree befive feet high, the roots will be found to extend five feet oneach side, or to form a circle ten feet in diameter. This rulewill not apply to slender trees, which have become tall byclose planting, but to those that are strong and well devel-oped. The great length of the roots is often shown by treeswhich send up many suckers, as the silver poplar and locust,which may be seen to extend over a circle much greater indiameter than the height of the tree. Many persons wonder why trees are so much checked ingrowth by common transplanting, or why they so often diefrom the operation. They would not be surprised, if they saw TRA NSPLA NTING. 65 the common destruction of the roots in taking them up. and 102 represent a nursery tree with its roots entire; thedotted lines show where the spade is commonly set for thepurpose
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