8 PROFITABLE FRUIT-GROWING. 



venience of traversing with a small wheel-barrow ; 

 the end paths are two feet wide, and those along 

 the sides eighteen inches, or just sufficient for the 

 purpose of gathering the Raspberries on the west 

 side, and Gooseberries on the east. The wider 

 part of the garden, 36 feet, was set apart for vege- 

 tables, with an Apple tree in the centre, and bush 

 fruits all round ; the narrower part, 2 1 feet, being 

 devoted wholly to fruit culture. 



The references show the number and kinds of 

 trees grown, namely, six Apples and two Pears, as 

 orchard standards ; six Plums, two continuous lines 

 of Raspberries, planted as will be described, and a 

 hundred Gooseberry and Currant bushes. A few 

 Strawberries were grown across the north end of 

 the garden near the bee-hives and flowers, the 

 enclosure being entered there from the cottage. 

 Originally Strawberries were planted next the 

 paths, and afforded good crops when the fruit 

 bushes were small. Owing to the necessarily 

 reduced scale, the planting appears crowded, but it 

 is not unduly so, and the arrangement answered 

 well, as it will do again if carried out with good 

 varieties in fertile soil. The Apple and Pear trees 

 are twenty-four feet apart in line, fifteen feet in the 

 angles, the Plums seven to eight feet ; small bushes 

 four feet asunder, and half that from the path- 



