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one hundred. A is the entrance gate, four feet wide ; 

 JS, _Z?, a walk, five feet wide ; (7, (7, fence border, six feet 

 wide. The rows of trees are eight feet apart. The pyram- 

 idal pears and cherries, Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4, at seven feet 

 apart in the row. N"os. 5 and 6, dwarf apples, at four 

 feet apart. No. 7, pyramidal or dwarf standard plums, 

 at seven feet. JSTos. 8, 9, and 10, low standard peaches, 

 at ten feet apart, the outside ones four feet from the walk. 

 ITos. 11, 12, 13, and 14, low standard quinces, etc. ISTos. 

 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20, espaliers, apricots, grapes, etc. 

 One border is filled with gooseberries and currants, the 

 other can be occupied with raspberries and strawberries. 

 This arrangement gives in this little garden twenty pyram- 

 idal trees, thirteen standards, twelve dwarfs, six espal- 

 iers, besides space enough for two dozen currants, two 

 dozen gooseberries, two dozen raspberries, etc. For sev- 

 eral years a few strawberries and low vegetables, such as 

 lettuces, radishes, beets, carrots, turnips, or even dwarf 

 pea*, may be grown in the spaces among the trees, but iu 

 no case to be permitted nearer than within three feet of 

 a tree. In regard to distance between trees, my ex- 

 perience is, that where a good crop is of more importance 

 than a great variety, dwarf and pyramidal trees of the 

 pear, plum, cherry, peach, apricot, nectarine, and quince, 

 should have ten to twelve feet. This distance would re- 

 duce the number of trees in the plan (fig. 100). 



The mixed, or fruit and kitchen garden, is laid out in 

 a similar manner. The trees are planted in rows, on a bor- 

 der six to ten feet wide, according to the size of the trees, 

 along the walks, leaving the interior of the compartments 

 for vegetables. This arrangement is a very common one, 

 and generally answers a very good purpose ; but where 

 it is practicable, it is much better to devote a separate 

 portion exclusively to fruit, in order that the one may not 

 in any way interfere with the other. In such a garden, 

 the number of the walks, and consequently fruit borders, 

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