50 year old tree transplanted...wow! By Spade?

Mount Royal is fairly slow growing I found out,.. so you can't expect much growth, top dress with compost or old manure, if you haven't got any, use miracle grow. You can't really expect fruit for a couple of years until the tree is established in it's roots.

Thanks for the tips. The tree has been here about 50 years, we've only been here a year. So not a transplant, just an old fruit tree.

Sure....I dont know what I was reading.
Hopefully you get fruit this year, a tree this old in fairly good shape should give you some serious amount of fruit.
Mount Royal is just barely hardy for here in town, outside, where my nursery is
it is not hardy and never have fruit.