CHAPTER III 



Laying Out the Plantation 



How Much Space Do Fruit Plants Need ? Distance Table for 

 Fruit Planting Transplanting Requisites 



WITH Mr. Hamblin's suggestions in mind as to beauty and 

 utility in limited areas, planning a new plantation becomes 

 an easy matter. As probably no two people would plan their 

 areas exactly alike, and as there are also differences in shade, con 

 tour, exposure and other local factors that will influence planning, 

 I shall give only the following suggestions: 



On limited areas such as suburban lots, use fruit-bearing instead 

 of mere "ornamental" plants. Many of these are beautiful when in 

 blossom and again when in fruit. The pink blossoms of the Peach, 

 the later white ones of the Cherry and the still later ones of Pear and 

 Apple are particularly pleasing when borne by well-placed specimen 

 trees on lawns large enough to admit of their normal development. 

 In smaller places dwarf trees may easily be used instead. 



But suppose that the 

 "orchard fruits" are to 

 be kept in the orchard ; 

 there are yet "ornamen- 

 tals" which will yield a 

 by-product of their 

 beauty. Few shrubs are 

 more striking than the 

 Goumi (page 135). Is not 

 the common Barberry 

 (page 113) attractive alike 

 when golden with its 

 dainty racemes of bloom 

 and again when flaming 

 with scarlet berries which 

 continue beautiful till 

 Midwinter. And is the 

 Viburnum (page 196) any 

 less useful and beautiful ? 

 In early Spring what is 



more lovely than the Fig . 9< _ Work the soil wel , among the roots with 

 Shadbush or Juneberry the fingers 



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