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or Yellow Bellflower, are near enough at thirty-five to forty feet 

 asunder, for they actually need the twelve hundred to sixteen hun- 

 dred square feet of surface which this distance gives. Other varie- 

 ties, of smaller growth, like the Duchess of Oldenburg, Garden Royal, 

 and the like, have as much room in proportion to their needs with 

 a third part as much space — say at twenty feet asunder, thus giv- 

 ing them four hundred square feet each. For an orchard of apples 

 of mixed sorts it may be a good plan in many cases to put the 

 rows thirty feet or two rods apart, and the trees in the rows at 

 twenty feet apart. This gives an average of 600 feet to each tree, 

 and allows more room for the wagon, plow and cultivator. 



Suitable comparative distances between trees of diiferent species 

 and on different stocks may be stated as follows : 



Standard apples on free stock. 



Dwarf apples on Doucain stock, 

 " " on French Paradise, 



3tand;ird pears on pear stock. 



Dwarf pears on quince stock, 



Cherries on Mazzard stock, 

 " on Mahaleb stock, 



Plums, 



Number of trees which may be planted on an acre at different 

 distances : 



At 4 feet apart each way, 



I r Q II II II 



20 to 30 feet. 



8 to 12 " 



5 to 6 " 



14 to 20 " 



8 to 12 " • 



18 to 25 " 



10 to 14 " 



10 to 14 " 



10 " 

 12 " 

 one rod 

 20 feet 

 25 " 

 30 " 

 85 " 



2721 



680 



435 



302 



160 



109 



YO 



48 



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Size of trees for planting. A very common error among begin- 

 ners in fruit culture is to desire trees of too large size. They are 

 very anxious to see fruit at the earliest possible moment. Such 

 would gladly buy a ready made orchard or fruit garden for replant- 

 ing, if they could. One person about to set out an orchard wrote 

 to a nurseryman, " Send me man trees. I do not want any puny 

 little children, but large, full-grown specimens." Another said, 

 " I want the largest trees you have." " But," said the nursery- 



