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expenses. Many growers have been able to pay for their 

 land and all expenses of caring for the orchard by means 

 of the fruit from the fillers before the permanent trees 

 came into full bearing." Thornber diagrams "a good 

 planting plan" (Fig. 30) in which the fillers are placed in 

 the rows and also between the rows. 



Of course some of the small-fruits may be planted in 



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FIG. 30. The placing of fillers (represented by dots) between the permanent trees. 



orchards with the very best results. Strawberries are 

 practically an annual plant, and are much better for 

 orchards than is any kind of a sowed crop. This, however, 

 belongs with the cropping-scheme for orchards rather than 

 with the subject of fillers. 



How to plant. 



Plow the land and fit it well. As all orchards should 

 be put into tilled crops for at least the first two years 

 after planting, it will usually be found advisable to plow 

 the entire area before the place is set, rather than to plow 

 strips where the trees or plants are to go, for the land can 

 then be better shaped with reference to surface drainage 

 and general convenience. 



