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["Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>]

I moved an apple that was at least ten years old one time.  It was Cox's Orange Pippin on seedling and it filled the back of a pickup truck.  I took a circle of roots nearly six feet in diameter.  When I got it to it's new home I dug a hole large enough to accommodate the whole root mass, backed the truck up to the hole, and slid it in.  30 years later it's still growing and blooming by our house. 
-Lon Rombough
Grapes, writing, consulting, my book, The Grape Grower, at http://www.bunchgrapes.com  Winner of the Garden Writers Association "Best Talent in Writing" award for 2003. 
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On Apr 4, 2008, at 10:40 AM, Randall Burd wrote:

To all,

I have informed the buyer using all the needed official legal documents that
I will be moving the trees. 

The advice that I need: is it better to dig up and move 2-3 yr old trees or
start from scratch?