THE yRUIT GARDEN. 20^ 



one hundred. A is the entrance gate, four feet wide ; 

 Ji, JJ, a walk, five feet wide ; 6', C, fence border, six feet 

 wide. The rows of trees are eiglit feet apart. Tlie pyram- 

 idal pears and cherries, Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4, at seven feet 

 apart in the row. Nos. 5 and G, dwarf apples, at four 

 feet apart. No. 7, pyramidal or dwarf standard plums, 

 at seven feet. Nos. 8, 9, and 10, low standard peaches, 

 at ten feet apart, the outside ones four feet from the walk. 

 Nos. 11, 12, 13, and 14, low standard (piinces, etc. Nos. 

 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20, esj)aliers, apricots, grapes, etc. 

 One border is filled with gooseberries and currants, the 

 other can be occupied with raspberries and strawben-ies. 

 This arrangement gives in this little garden twenty p\-rara- 

 idal trees, thirteen standards, twelve dwarfs, six espal- 

 iers, besiiles space enough for two dozen currants, two 

 dozen gooseberries, tw^o dozen raspberries, etc. For sev- 

 eral years a few strawberries and low vegetables, such as 

 lettuces, radishes, beets, carrots, turnips, or even dwarf 

 peas, may be grown in the spaces among the trees, but in 

 no case to be permitted nearer than within three feet of 

 a tree. In regard to distance between trees, my ex- 

 perience is, that where a good crop is of more importance 

 than a great variety, dwarf and ])} ramidal trees of the 

 pear, j)lum, cherry, peach, apricot, nectarine, and quince, 

 should have ten to twelve feet. This distance would re- 

 duce the number of trees in the plan (fig. 100). 



The mixed, or fruit atid Jcitchen garden, is laid out in 

 a similar manner. The trees are jdanted in rows, on a bor- 

 der six to ten feet wide, according to the size of the trees, 

 along the walks, leaving the interior of the compartments 

 for vegetables. This arrangement is a very common one, 

 and generally ansAvers a very good purpose ; but where 

 it is practicable, it is much better to devote a separate 

 portion exclusively to fruit, in order that the one may not 

 in any way interfere with the other. In such a garden, 

 the number of the walks, and consequently fruit borders, 

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