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Mulberry trees, twenty feet apart. 



Pomegranate, six feet apart and covered in winter with 

 pine tops or straw. 



Quince trees, ten feet apart. 



Nectarines, fifteen feet by twenty feet. 



Peach trees, twenty feet apart. 



Plum trees, fifteen feet apart. 



Cherry trees, twenty feet apart. 



Pear trees, thirty feet apart for standard, and fifteen 

 feet apart for dwarf, or forty and twenty would be better. 



Apricot, fifteen feet apart. 



Apple, twenty-five feet apart. 



Nut trees should be planted from twenty to thirty feet 

 apart, according to the size the tree generally attains. 



Use no fresh manures about the roots of the .trees or 

 vines, better apply it on the surface. 



Always lay off the rows for your trees on a level if pos- 

 sible, so as to avoid plowing up and down hill. 



A good, and I believe the best plan, for setting a large 

 orchard is, to have your rows of trees fifty feet apart and 

 and twenty feet in the row. This will admit of culti- 

 vating some such crop as cotton, potatoes, or peas, be- 

 tween the rows. All orchards should be cultivated more 

 or less. Small grain crops and grasses are injurious to 

 orchards, especially the former. After fruit trees attain 

 their full growth, the ground might be sowed to grass or 

 clover and hogs allowed to run on it. Hogs are generally 

 advantageous to orchards, as they not only till the soil 

 by rooting, but they destroy the worms by eating the 

 fallen fruit. 



As I wish this book to be beneficial to all who may 

 read its pages, I shall give some words of caution now 

 and then where I believe it necessary. In accordance with 

 this view, I advise all who propose to plant out orchards, 

 to first consult and advise with the oldest and most prac- 

 tical settlers of the vicinity, as to what varieties have 



