PLANTING AND TRANSPLANTING : Page 88
Method of Procedure in Transplanting Large Trees. It iseconomical in transplanting large trees to adopt the fallowing methodof procedure.
In selecting large trees for transplanting great care should beexercised to select only those individual trees which show a vigorousgrowing condition and which are more or less symmetrical.
1. Select and stake the proposed location where the tree is to be transplanted.
2. Cover this space, over a diameter of at least ten feet, with ten to twelve inches
of fresh stable manure. This is more economical than to excavate the holeand fill it with topsoil for the reason that this topsoil is apt to freeze and beuseless at time of transplanting.