NUMBER OF TREES PER ACRE 81 



and Gooseberries, as these fruits enter into the question 

 of the profitable cultivation of Apples and Pears. 



BUSH FRUITS 



Gooseberries, Red and Black Currants, at 6 feet apart, 1210 



plants per acre. 



Black Currants are better at 8 feet, 680 plants per acre. 

 Bush Apples and Pears, at 12 feet apart, 300 plants per acre. 



These notes are given in case the planter should prefer 

 the mixed plantation form, when the standard or per- 

 manent trees should be deducted from the above figures. 



STANDARD OR HALF-STANDARDS IN 

 ORCHARD OR PLANTATION 



Apples of the smaller growing varieties, and Pears of close growth 



at 1 8 feet, 134 to the acre. 



Apples and Pears of spreading growth at 24 feet, 74 to the acre. 

 Apples in grass where pastured and it is not advisable to shade 



the pasture too much, at 30 feet, 48 to the acre. 



It is good practice, where standard trees are planted 

 at 24 or 30 feet apart, to place standard Plums midway 

 between each row ; when at 24 feet about 225 plums would 

 be needed, or at 30 feet 140 plums would suffice. 



A standard tree has a stem about 6 feet, and a half- 

 standard about feet. 



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