276 The Principles of Fruit-growing. 



company ing plan (Fig. 39) shows the arrangement 

 of the trees and bushes. The trees are planted on 

 the hexagonal plan, the rows being 30 feet apart 

 and the trees 35 feet apart in the rows, the trees 

 in one row alternating with those in the next. By 

 this method of arrangement, 15 per cent more trees 

 can be planted to the acre than by the ordinary 

 method, and yet not be any more crowded. The 

 bushes are 6 feet apart one way by 5 feet 10 inches 

 the other. At present no trees are nearer than 9 feet to 

 the apple trees. As the trees increase in size, those 

 bushes within the circles, as shown on the plan, will 

 be the first to be removed." 



The family fruit plantation. It is impossible to 

 give any specific advice for the plan of a family fruit 

 garden, because tastes are so personal, and the 

 amount and character of land at the disposal of the 

 party are so various. One can only say that the 

 varieties should be chosen for best dessert and culi- 

 nary qualities, for succession through the season, and 

 that the area should be so planted that the rows run 

 the long way of the land and to allow of easy cul- 

 tivation with a horse. In general, it will not be 

 necessary to provide for cultivation both ways. The 

 accompanying diagram (Fig. 40) suggests how an 

 area of one acre may be laid out in a fruit garden 

 for the home supply. For a number of years, other 

 plants as vegetables, small-fruits, or dwarf apples 

 or dwarf pears may be grown, not only between 

 the rows, but between the trees in the row. 



