Planting Fruit Trees 



DISTANCE APART. 



No hard and fast rule can be given as to the best 

 distances between the trees ; the habit of the tree 

 i.e., whether vigorous or otherwise the character 

 of the soil, and, above all, the type of the tree must 

 be taken into account. If those points are kept in 

 mind, the following table may be taken as a guide : 



Standards with stems of 6 feet -.24 feet to 30 feet 

 apart. 



FIG. 5. 



Diagram showing a tree Diagram showing roots of Two figure-of-eight ties on 



properly spread and pro- a tree planted badly. The a standard tree, and sec- 



perly covered. Note mound- lools are twisted and tional diagram showing 



shape of soil at the bottom cramped, and the tree is figure-of-eight tie as dotted 



line. A, The tree. 



of the hole. 



planted too deeply. 



B, The 



stake. 



Half-standards with stems of 4 feet : 15 feet to 

 20 feet apart. 



Bush trees on dwarfing stocks : 10 feet to 12 feet 

 apart. 



Bush fruit proper, such as gooseberries and 

 currants : 4 or 5 feet apart and 5 or 6 feet between 

 the rows. 



For commercial purposes, permanent plantations 

 are usually made up of a mixture of standards and 

 dwarf trees, with bush fruit between. In the 

 small hired garden the trees to be planted should 



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