FRUIT PLANTATIONS APPLES. 



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Northern Greening, Lane's Prince Albert, Newton Wonder, Dumelow's Seedling, and 

 Brumley's Seedling. 



The trees should he planted 6 feet apart the permanent ones at 12 feet, with early 

 hearing varieties between the trees and rows = 1,210 per acre, price Is. 6d. to 2s. 6d. 

 each ; bearing trees 6 per hundred = 72 12s. per acre. Bearing trees are cheaper 

 than maidens, as they are formed and come into profit in the second year. Cost of 

 draining and preparing the ground, manuring and planting the trees, 35 total 

 expense of forming a plantation of bush or pyramid apple trees, 107 12s. per acre. 



The most useful form of tree is the Open Bush (page 14, Vol. IT.), the management 



Fig. 67. BUSH APPLE THEE WITH SHORT STEM. 



of which is given on page 15. Vol. II., and is the shape advised for trees of upright 

 growth and popularly termed pyramids. The Cup-shaped Bush is shown on page 179, 

 and Fork-branched on page 181, both Vol. I., but in most cases little regard is had to 

 shaping the trees, the maiden tree being usually cut down to a foot from the ground 

 or even less, and the branches are therefore close to the ground, which impedes manuring 

 and cleaning. (See Fig. 67.) 



The trees ought to have 12 to 18-inch stems, be cut to form any of the above shapes, 

 and after that be allowed to grow freely, merely shortening the tips of the shoots to 



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