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The hedge-row mode of setting peach- 

 orchards, works admirably. It is also recom- 

 mended where it is an object, to make the 

 most of what is called the under crop 

 potatoes, onions or the like, in contra-distinc- 

 tion to the fruit which is called the upper crop. 

 The rows ought to extend north and south, 

 thirty to forty feet apart, and the trees should 

 stand about eight or twelve feet from each 

 other, in the rows. 



3. The ancient quincunx plan where the 

 trees are set in the centres of equal circles in 

 contact with each other is recommended 



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when one wishes his fruit plantation to be 

 as compact as possible. This is the same as 

 the above-described equidistant plan, except- 

 ing that the trees, in each alternate row, break 

 joints with each other, as the phrase is, a 

 tree in one row being opposite to a space in 

 the next, etc. When trees of different longevity 

 are in this way properly intermixed, the 

 closest order of planting has been attained. 



Some recommend to have the rows, in each 

 of the above plans, occupy the centres of 

 broad flat parallel ridges like a turtle's back, 

 the ridges running lengthwise with the 



