74 PEACH CULTURE. 



wider. But, if geometrical exactness is required, he will 

 have it staked off with chain and compass. This is sel- 

 dom, if ever, done in large peach growing districts, where 

 peaches are planted for profit, and where thousands, and 

 sometimes tens of thousands, in a single season by the 

 same proprietor. Besides, a careful man, with a quiet 

 team can run off the rows very well, and so as to neither 

 incommode the after tillage nor offend the eye by ir- 

 regular lines. 



PLANTING. 



When all things are ready, the planting begins. And 

 we remark here, that the same care is to be exercised to 

 prevent mixture or confusion of varieties, as at the nur- 

 sery. There should be only one variety in a row, and all 

 of the same variety should be planted together. This will 

 prove satisfactory when the fruit comes to be gathered. 



We might here suggest another method, which we 

 have never seen adopted ; but, in view of the conveni- 

 ence of gathering, we think worthy of consideration ; it is 

 to plant the same variety in squares of 100, thus : 



By this method great compactness will be attained. 

 For small orchards, where not more than two or three 

 hundred of the same variety are desired, we think it will 

 be found very convenient ; but when more are wanted, 

 it will not afford any additional advantage. 



