40 FliUlT CULTURE. 



CHAPTER V. 

 PLANTING. 



IF the plantation is a mixed one, consisting of both top 

 and bottom fruits, it is best to plant the standards first. 

 The most convenient direction for the rows should be 

 chosen, and, if possible, these should run north and south, 

 in oi'der to give the bush trees as much sun as possible. 

 Peg out the position of each tree in order to insure plac- 

 ing the whole in straight lines and at true angles. 

 Having pegged out the first row, next determine the angle, 

 which can be done best by a quarter-staff. Then proceed 

 to peg out the other rows. If this is carefully done, the 

 trees will then appear in straight lines from whatever 

 direction they are viewed. In setting out the ground, 

 it is now needful to bear in mind what roadways may be 

 necessary, in order to afford easy access to all parts of the 

 plantation, for the purposes of cultivating and manuring 

 the ground, and gathering and collecting the fruit. The 

 distance apart at which to plant the standards will be 

 regulated by the bottom fruit intended to be grown, and 

 the nature of the same, etc., as indicated below. 



Standard apples, pears, and plums, on good ground, 

 for pyramid or bush forms of the same trees below, 

 may be planted twenty-four feet apart ; but where the 

 land is not so good, or currants or gooseberries are in- 

 tended to be grown beneath, they maybe planted eighteen 

 feet apart. 



Cherries on good ground thirty feet, or on second 

 quality ground at twenty-four feet. 



Between the standards at twenty-four feet apart, the 

 bush trees, if on the paradise or quince stock, may be 



