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are set out for the purpose which we have suggested to economize 

 the space and give fruit while the standard trees are maturing may 

 be placed at about midway between the larger apple trees. 



PEAR TREES. These should be set out at not more than twenty -six 

 feet from each other, and if dwarf pear trees are planted, they 

 should not be distant from each other more than fourteen to six- 

 teen feet. 



PEACH TREES may be located from eighteen to twenty -one feet 

 apart; if the fruit grower intend to prune these trees very closely, 

 then fourteen to seventeen feet will give all the space necessary for 

 their growth. 



CHERRY TREES which are intended to produce the most desirable 

 kinds of this fruit should be placed from seventeen to twenty -one 

 feet from each other, and the dwarfs of this variety may be set out 

 at from nine to thirteen feet apart. 



. PLUM TREES may be planted to advantage at from fourteen to six- 

 teen feet from each other. 



Number of Young Trees to Set Out During any Year 

 On the average farm the trees which are to be planted during a sea- 

 son should not be very many in number. In this wise, there will 

 be both time and opportunity to do the labor involved without en- 

 croaching on other work, and the trees themselves will probably be 

 given more care than otherwise ; and this is a matter entitled to con- 

 sideration, because ordinarily fruit trees which are set out will be 

 of various degrees of development, and the produce which they 

 yield will vary as much as themselves do. Under this method the 

 fruit grower who will of course have taken pains to keep a record 

 of his trees, to note the character of each, and the time of its setting 

 out will be prepared for the condition to which his trees may come, 

 not relying solely upon what nature shall develop for him, and when 

 a tree shall show signs of age or unsuitableness to the soil or other 

 conditions it can be taken away, and this without detriment to his 

 orchard, because there will be a sufficient quantity of vigorous trees 

 arriving at their maturity and productiveness just as rapidly as the 

 others cease to be of value. And there is one other point which 

 may be borne in mind in regard to this last suggestion, and that is, 

 that if the design of setting out a few trees every year is carried out, 

 the fruit grower will have greater certainty of a yield each year, 

 without intermission, because some of his trees will undoubtedly 



five him their fruit during what otherwise would be off years when 

 is standard trees might not be fruitful. 



How Fruit Trees Are to foe Cultivated When the 

 fruit grower shall have established his orchard, he cannot wisely 

 allow the trees to go unattended, for if he does, he will not find his 

 fruit product as satisfactory, either in quantity or in quality, as if 

 it had received due attention. These being the objects which he is 

 seeking, and through which he must look for the profit which he 

 has a right to expect, he will find it to his greatest advantage to 



