STARTING THE ORCHARD 



DOUBLE PLANTING 



When an orchard is planted 35x35 or 40x40 feet, 

 there is a good deal of waste space left during the 

 early years of its growth. For 15 to 20 years a con- 

 siderable part of the ground remains practically un- 

 occupied and useless. Some crops are occasionally 

 raised between the trees during the earliest years, 

 but experience has generally been against this prac- 

 tice. On the other hand when the trees have actually 

 filled up the space allotted to them, and when we say 

 the ground is fully occupied, there is, in fact, still 

 another waste. 



