818 TILE FRUIT INDUSTRY .IN XEW YORK STATE 



Different Systems of Setting 



Much lias been said pro and con, concerning all systems of plant- 

 ing, yet a decision must always be somewhat a matter of personal 

 choice. At this time only two methods, or some modification of 

 them, are used to any extent. The first is the so-called square 



20' 



f 4 -- + 4- 



FIG. 216. SQUARE METHOD OF PLANTING 



system, in which the rows run at right angles to each other in 

 two directions; the second is the equilateral-triangle system, in 

 which all trees are set at the corners of a sixty-degree-angled tri- 

 angle, so that each tree has an equal distance from all other trees 

 in every direction (see diagrams). The advantages of the equi- 

 lateral method are that a greater number of trees may be set per 



30' 



4- -J- + + 



Fio. 217. METHOD OP PLANTING IN EQILATEBAL TRIANGLES 



