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The Principles of Fruit-growing 



ging the holes and planting in any part of the orchard without 

 reference to any other trees in any other part. The writer has planted 

 about 150 acres of apple and 100 acres of peach orchard on this plan, 

 and has furnished many persons brief descriptions of same for plant- 

 ing; has planted rows 30 to 40 rods long of nice trees, so straight in 



Fia. 54. Quincunx system. One acre of land with the trees 25 feet apart in 

 the row, but only about 14 H feet diagonally across, or from any tree to its nearest 

 neighbor. 



line that a stake 2 inches in diameter set up in the row would hide 

 every tree from view, looking from the end thereof." 



Details of orchard lay-outs. 



A further exact discussion of the systems of orchard-planting, 

 with diagrams (Figs. 52-58), will aid the intending planter. Booth 



