60 MAKING THE ORCHARD. 



I have been surprised for some years to notice 

 that apples growing on a high northwest slope, 

 without a particle of protection, held their fruit 

 better in a storm than others of similar varieties 

 growing in the hollows, and in the shelter of build- 

 ings. It does not surprise me now as it seems 

 natural that it should be so. 



It is an axiom of the phytologist that the neces- 

 sity for a certain condition will produce it. I 

 believe this to be measurably true. Subject the 

 stem of the young apple to the daily changing blasts 

 from its infancy, and the stem will take a firmer 

 hold of its twig, become larger and stronger. It 

 seems to develop a sort of "vegetable instinct" 

 which says "cling on or die." It is hard to imag- 

 ine a wind break so secure that at no time can a 

 blast reach it from some direction. When this 

 time comes it finds the stem only prepared for fair 

 weather and gentle breezes, and it yields to the 

 ruder blast. 



NUMBER OF TREES OR PLANTS TO AN ACRE. 



To acertain how many trees or plants will grow 

 on an acre of land at a given distance apart, first 

 find how many square feet each tree will occupy, 

 and the number of times that this will go in 43,560 

 will give the number to the acre. 



To find the number of feet that each will occupy, 

 multiply the distance from one tree to another by 

 the same to another tree at right angles to it. For 

 instance, they are to set 14x28, multiply these 



