PLANTING AND GROWING 



Quicker returns from an investment of this 

 nature, which Is usually heavy and which at 

 best must be put off several years, are very Im- 

 portant. Under careful and Intelligent manage- 

 ment the objections to their use are easily over- 

 come. 



Spacing and Arrangement of Trees. — 

 The distance apart of planting depends on the 

 variety planted. Close headed, upright grow- 

 ing trees may be planted closer together than 

 spreading varieties. Some varieties grow 

 larger than others, and the same variety may 

 vary In size on different soils. It Is seldom ad- 

 visable to plant standard apple trees In the lati- 

 tude of New York closer than thirty feet, or 

 farther apart than fifty feet. Trees of the 

 nature of Twenty Ounce and Oldenburg 

 (Dutchess) should be planted from thirty-two 

 to thIrty-sIx feet apart, while Baldwins, Rhode 

 Island Greenings, and Northern Spies repre- 

 sent the other extreme and will require forty, 

 and sometimes fifty feet of space. The method 

 and thoroughness of pruning Influences the size 

 of trees greatly, and hence the distance at which 

 It Is necessary to set them. 



Varieties top worked on other stocks have 

 a tendency to grow more upright and may be 



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