46 QUINCE CULTURE. 



the quincunx plan allows of cultivation all ways, which 

 keeps the ground in fine condition with the least labor. 

 Laid out in squares fifteen feet apart, an acre will take 



Fig. 20. LOCATING BOARD. 



two hundred trees ; in quincunx, at the same distance, it 

 will take two hundred and twenty-two trees. At twelve 

 feet in squares it will take three hundred and two, and 



Fig. 21. LOCATING BOAED IN USE. 



in quincunx three hundred and seventy. At ten feet in 

 squares it will take four hundred and thirty-five, and in 

 quincunx four hundred and ninety- seven trees for an acre. 



