DISTANCE BETWEEN BOWS. 27 



(which will be described under another heading), 

 this will be found ample room for standards. We 

 have standard trees, set out thirteen years ago, on 

 well prepared soil, at these distances, and I am con- 

 vinced they have plenty of room for all purposes. 



Dwarfs require less room than standards. Our 

 first plantings were set 8 by 21, but we found that 

 too great a distance between the rows, and at each 

 successive planting we reduced it, until we got down 

 to 10 by 10, which, on strong ground, is as close 

 together as they ought to be planted. We have de- 

 cided that all our future plantings of dwarfs, shall 

 be set at these distances. In pursuing this course, 

 every tenth space is left fifteen feet wide. This is 

 necessary in an orchard, so as to permit a cart to 

 pass between the rows in manuring the trees, gather- 

 ing the fruit, &c., &c. By planting both standards 

 and dwarfs according to the following diagram, each 

 tree has more room than if placed directly opposite 

 the other. 



