A HEDGE OF PEABS. 19 



the ground they occupy in protecting the fruit trees 

 from heavy gales. 



To carry out this plan, in a more profitable way, 

 I have planted a row of the Beurre d'Amalis pears, 

 a strong growing variety, four feet apart, for the pur- 

 pose of forming a hedge or screen. It has answered 

 a double purpose, yielding a crop of fruit and also 

 protecting the trees in the orchard, for some distance 

 south-east of it, from the wind storms. I am very 

 well pleased with the result so far. The young 

 shoots were interlaced each year, and in five years 

 from the time of planting, they formed a barrier 

 seven feet high, besides giving an average crop of 

 fruit for the past three years. 



Another, and an excellent plan for protecting the 

 trees in the orchard, is to plant a row of peach trees, 

 ten feet apart, in the most exposed part. The peach 

 is a rapid grower, and for four or five years will 

 serve a .good purpose, when they can be removed 

 and another row planted in another position. I 

 have had enough fruit, in this way, to pay the ex- 

 pense of buying the trees and labor incident to 

 planting. 



