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and the land between the trees is to be 

 utilized by the planting of "fillers" and 

 the growth of vegetables. Bj- "fillers" we 

 mean other varieties of trees between 

 the rows. We are presuming that apples 

 will be the main crop, and that every- 

 thing is to be subordinated to the idea 

 of producing a permanent apple orchard 

 that will live and bear perhaps one hun- 

 dred years, but "fillers" may be planted 

 with a view to sacrificing them when 

 the apple trees need the soil and sun- 

 shine. 



Peaoli and Poar Fillers 



* We will suppose that the square 

 method is chosen and that the trees are 

 planted two rods apart each way. This 

 makes on one full acre of land 40 trees, 

 and on ten acres, 400 trees. We would 

 then plant the same number of rows of 

 pear trees midway between the rows of 

 apple trees, and plant them one rod apart. 

 This gives 80 pear trees per acre, or 800 



* For other methods of plantins. see article 

 on "LayinK Out the Orchard." — Ed. 



trees on ten acres. We would then plant 

 as many peach trees as apple trees mid- 

 way between the apple trees, making 40 

 peach trees per acre, or 400 on ten acres. 

 This gives, in all, IGO trees per acre, one 

 rod apart, or 1,600 on a full ten acres. 



Many would not plant peaches, and 

 their objection is that peaches are differ- 

 ent in nature from apples and pears; 

 that they grow with spreading branches, 

 rendering it difficult to work and culti- 

 vate among the trees. It is also claimed 

 that spraying apples and pears for codling 

 moth often specks the peaches and in- 

 jures them. We have full.v weighed these 

 objections, and do not consider them im- 

 portant as compared with the fact that 

 the peach is a rapid grower, an early 

 bearer and ordinarily profitable. The 

 fact that it is of a different nature from 

 apples and pears and extracts different 

 food substances from the soil is in its 

 favor, because it does not compete so 

 strongly for the same food. The fact that 

 it grows with spreading branches may be 

 remedied largely by pruning. The diffi- 



Fig. 1. Onions on New Land. 



