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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



English Morello, &c. This system j^-ives 

 320 trees to the acre. 



Kvery 20 rods both east and west and 

 north and south an open space is left for a 

 roadway, dividing the orchard into blocks of 

 2 '2 acres each. Instead oi plantinyf a stan- 

 dard in every square, as mentioned in the be- 

 j^inninic of this description, a phim or peach 



Two thousand oi Mr. Eaton's cherries 

 were dug up from the woods, and later 

 grafted with improved kinds. 



Mammoth clover is sown about the 

 middle of July and there is no tillage until 

 about the middle of next May, when the 

 clover is plowed under. In plowing by 

 trees a long chain is used, with adjusted 



Fk;. 2019. Average sized (iravenstein apple tree at Hillcrest, eleven years old, planted 

 among stumps in new land. Product for year 1900, three barrels. 



may be placed in every third square and the 

 row thus formed be filled in with plums, 

 peaches or other short lived trees. Every 

 sixth row on this plan is composed wholly of 

 temporary trees, which can be cut down in i 5 

 years, leaving a roadway for teaming and 

 spraying. As the trees grow and begin to 

 crowd each other they are to be cut out in the 

 reverse order of their planting, till, when the 

 orchard is fully grown, only "S" will be left. 



coupling, and the soil is alwaxs thrown 

 toward the trees. From the middle of May 

 till the middle of July the harrow is used 

 once a week, which, with the one plowing, 

 is all the cultivation the orchard gets. 

 In a 60 acre orchard it is necessary to 

 economize time. With this in view Mr. 

 Eaton has widened an ordinary six foot disk 

 harrow to eight feet by adding four disks. 

 The rows being 16 '2 feet apart, this harrow 



