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The orchard may be laid out in grass afterwards, the 

 soil around each tree being kept open for about two feet 

 on each side of the trunk. The grass in the orchard may 

 lie allowed to grow freely ; red clover, myrrh, daffodils, lilies, 

 wild tulips, maiden pink, and many other sweet-scented and 

 beautiful flowers should be allowed to run wild among the 

 grass. Small fruits such as strawberries, raspberries, goose- 

 berries, currants, and grapes may be grown in special 

 quarters in the kitchen-garden. The orchard can also be 

 planted so as to form a part of the pleasure-ground without 

 any sharp dividing lines. Iu that case the trees should 

 not be planted in formal rows, but in irregular groups, the 

 taller ones being placed in the middle, and the plantations 

 may be rounded off by means of near-by specimens in the 

 grass, either small trees or fruit shrubs. The distance 

 between the trees varies for different kinds from ten to 

 twelve, fifteen, and twenty feet. In small places it is most 

 practical to place all trees closer together than they are to 

 be when fully grown, and thin out superfluous trees some 

 years afterwards. The least permanent fruit-trees are 

 peaches, plums, and apricots; the most lasting, pears and 

 apples, and as these latter grow much larger than any other 

 fruit-trees they should be planted farther apart. 



The following is a select list of the best fruits for 

 general culture : Apples, early — Early harvest, pale yellow, 

 of medium size; red Astrachan, deep crimson, spotted, 

 medium size; early strawberry, red dotted, medium; 

 Tetofsky, yellow, striped red, medium size; yellow trans- 

 parent, greenish-yellow or yellow. Autumn — Alexander, 

 yellow and crimson, very large; Fameuse, deep crimson, 



