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ORCHARDS. 



VARIETIES CULTIVATED AS DWARFS IN 

 MIDDLE REGIONS OF THE SOUTH. 



THE 



Buncombe, 

 Early Harvest. 

 Family, . 

 Nickajack, 

 Sweet Bough, 



Carter's Blue, 

 Early Red Margaret, 

 Kettageska, 

 Red Astrachan, 

 Shockley, 



Yopps Favorite, Transcendant, 



Disharoon, 

 Equinetelee, 

 Man gum. 

 Red June, 

 Taunton, 

 Siberian Crabs. 



TABLE OF DISTANCES AT WHICH TREES SHOULD 



BE PLANTED. 

 Standard Apple Trees - - - 25 to 33 feet apart each way. 

 Dwarf " " - - - 8tol0 " " 



Standard Pear Trees - - - 20 '' " 



Dwarf " " - - - 6tol0 " " 



Standard Cherry ... - 20 " " 



Dwarf Cherry .... 10 " " 



Peach, Plum and Apricot Trees, 12 to 20 *' " 



Currants, Gooseberries, and Raspberries, 3 to 6 feet apart 



each way. 

 Grape Vines 5 to 8 feet apart each way. 



NUMBER OF TREES TO AN ACRE AT VARIOUS 

 DISTANCES. 

 3 feet apart each way 4,840 



At 



4 



5 



6 



8 



10 



12 



15 



18 



20 



25 



30 



33 



2,729 



1,742 



1,200 



680 



430 



325 



200 



135 



110 



70 



50 



40 



The number of, plants required for an acre, at any given 

 distance apart, may be ascertained by dividing the number of 



