312 



Bulletin 262. 



The distance between trees affects in an important way the thor- 

 oughness of spraying and the character of the fruit. When trees are 

 close together, it is often difficult to spray from all sides, and frequently 

 impossible from the most important side of the tree. Great losses 

 from the effects of scale and codling moth have been sustained because 

 of crowded trees. More room between trees will facilitate spraying and 

 tend to insure better quality of fruit. 



XIX. Distance Between Trees 



DISTANCE APART. 



Trees Set Before 1890. 



Number 

 orchards. 



Number 

 acres. 



Percent 

 acres. 



Trees Set Since 1890. 



Number 

 orchards. 



Number 

 acres. 



Percent 

 acres. 



Not over 25 x 25 ft. 

 26 X 26 to 30 X 30 ft 

 3iX3it0 35X3sft 

 36 X 36 to 40 X 40 ft 

 41 X 41 to so X so ft 



50 X 60 ft 



66 X 33 ft 



17 

 122 



135 



221 



12 



4 



6 



171 



i,o4ii 



1 ■ 151* 



2,377i 



144 



28 



52 



3 

 21 

 23 

 47 



2 



91 



12 



59 



56. 2 



7-4 



36.4 



Average number of trees per acre . 

 Average distance apart 



Trees set 

 before 1890. 



38.2 

 33-8 



Trees set 

 since 1890. 



364 

 34-6 



RENTED ORCHARDS 



Only thirteen and three-tenths per cent of the orchards are rented. Of 

 this number almost one-half, or forty-si.x and two-tenths per cent, are 

 rented for five years or more. The average period of tenure is four 

 years. This investigation of rented orchards, and the period of rental, 

 gives a much better showing than was made from computations in Wayne 

 or Orleans County, and represents a condition which is very much as it 

 should be. 



XX. Orchards Rented and Orchards Worked by Owner 



