CHAPTEE XIY. 



PLANTING. 



THE following are the quantities of trees required per 

 acre for out-door fruits, at the distances named, as given 

 in the catalogues of Messrs. Bunjard, Maidstone : 



At 24 feet apart, standards, 75 trees, cherries, apples, or pears 



(bush fruit between). 



20 108 



,, 15 ,, half do. 193 plums, and smaller cherries, 



pears, etc., do. 



12 dwarfs 302 apples or pears, pyramids, or 



nuts. 



6 ,, 1,210 smaller do., do. 



,,5 ,, (bush) 1,742 gooseberries, on rich land. 



,, 4 ,, 2,722 currants, and do. 



,, 3 4,840 small pyramids, etc, 



,, li 19,350 strawberries. 



,,1 43,000 strawberries (first year). 



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Planting can begin at any time after the fall of leaf, 

 or say as early as possible in October, and can be 

 carried on in suitable weather, at any open season up to 

 the end of March. Raspberries will bear a fair crop 

 often, even planted in the middle of April. 



Planting should always be done in dull weather, if it 



