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THE NUMBER OF PLANTS REQUIRED FOR AN ACRE. 



Many orders are given for plants and trees without making; 

 an estimate of the number required. The order may be for 

 more or less than are wanted, thereby subjecting the purchaser 

 to unnecessary expense in one case, or to the trouble and delay 

 of sending a second order in the other. Late orders are always 

 to be avoided, as the stock of a variety may be exhausted, and 

 if not, the plants are liable to be of an inferior quality. 



The following table will be found convenient : 



Number of Plants, Trees, etc., required to Set an Acre. 



In case it is proposed to set at distances not given in the 

 table, it will only be necessary to multiply the width of the rows 

 in feet by the distance of the plants apart, and divide 43,560,. 

 the number of square feet in an acre, by the product. 



Example. Plants set three feet by six would each occupy an 

 area of eighteen square feet, and 43,560 divided by 18 gives 

 2,420, the number required to set an acre. 



STRAWBERRIES. WHAT TO PLANT. 



It would be impossible to name any one variety as superior 

 to, and for all purposes more valuable than, any other. The 

 question is often asked, What is the best strawberry? and 

 the answers given by good judges are quite varied. In fact r 

 there is no one kind superior to all others under all conditions. 

 Soil, location, cultivation, and other circumstances have so 

 much to do with success or failure, that we cannot be sure, in 

 advance, what variety or varieties it is best to plant out. On 

 one plot a certain kind will lead in productiveness and profit,, 

 while only a few rods distant the soil and situation may be so- 



