78 THE APPLE CULTURIST. 



straight. It will be understood that the stakes of the sweep 

 must be set as one would adjust the points of dividers, or 

 the points of a mechanic's compass, just as far apart as the 

 trees are to be planted. After the sweep is ready for use, 

 the following diagram will aid still further in finding the 



exact spot where 



Fig. 42. 



Length, 29 rod*. each tree or vine 



d * is to stand. 



^ e w ^ SU P" 



*************** pose, for exam- 



* * pie, that a field of 



* * g a square or irreg- 



* * 43 ular form is to be 



| planted with ap- 

 g pie-trees to stand 



# thirty feet apart. 



* * Commence on 



* * the longest side 



* * of the field, and 



stick one row 



a 6 / ho 



of stakes in a 



The modern quincunx order. 



straight line, ex- 

 actly thirty feet apart. The distances should be indicated 

 with the points of the sweep. See that this row of stakes 

 stands in a straight line. If there be any crooks in the 

 first row, the same trifling variation will be multiplied as 

 the marking progresses. Let the stakes be driven at least 

 one foot into the ground, so that the point where the tree 

 is to stand may not be lost. Now, to ascertain the places 

 for the trees in the second row, take up the end stake in 

 the first row, and plant one point of the sweep in the stake- 

 hole at a (Fig. 42). There should be one person at each 

 end of the sweep. The point of the sweep at a should be 

 held securely in the hole while the person at b describes 



