APPLE GROWING 



set closer together. It should be remembered 

 in this connection that the roots of a tree extend 

 considerably beyond the spread of the branches. 

 From thirty-five to forty feet is a good average 

 distance and trees should be trained so as to 

 occupy this space and no more. Where fillers 

 are used the latter distance is best, as the twenty 

 feet apart at which the trees will then stand 

 is close enough for any standard variety. 



Rectangular. — The method of setting or 

 the arrangement of the trees will greatly in- 

 fluence the number of trees which may be put 

 upon an acre and the distance apart of the trees 

 in the row. The most common method in the 

 past has been the regular square or rectangular 

 method, e. g., trees forty by forty feet, or forty 

 by fifty feet, and rows at right angles, and this 

 is still preferred by many. It is easy to lay 

 out an orchard on this plan and there is less 

 liability of making mistakes. It is best adapted 

 to regular fields with right angle corners, espe- 

 cially where the orchard is to be cropped with a 

 regular rotation. All tillage operations are 

 most easily performed in orchards set on this 

 plan. 



A slight modification of this arrangement 

 which is often advisable, especially where fillers 



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