200 PEEMANENT PLANTATIONS. 



"be observed in all cases, and this particularly in small gar- 

 dens, wliere advantage should be taken of every circum- 

 stance. In large gardens an uniform distance may be 

 ado23ted, even if some space be sacrificed. The following 

 distances may serve as a general guide, and may be in- 

 creased or diminished according to circumstances : 



DISTANCES IN THE OPEN GEOUND. 



Ajyjples. — Pyramids on free stock, ten feet apart ; do., on 



Doucain, eight feet apart ; do., dwarf standards on 



Doucain, eight feet apart ; do., dwarf bushes on 



paradise, five to six feet apart. 

 Pears. — Pyramids on free stocks, ten to twelve feet apart ; 



do., on quince, six feet apart ; do., dwarf standards on 



quince, six to eight feet apart. 

 Plums. — Dwarf standards, eight to ten feet apart ; do., 



pyramids, eight to ten feet apart. 

 Cherries. — ^Pyramids, hearts, and bigarreaus, eight to ten 



feet apart ; do., dukes and morellos, six to eight feet 



apart ; do., dwarf bushes of morellos, five to six feet 



apart. 

 Aj>ricots. — Dwarf standard on plum, eight to ten feet 



apart ; do., pyramids, six to eight feet apart. 

 Peaches. — Low standards on peach, ten to twelve feet 



apart ; do., on plum, eight to ten feet. 

 Nectarines. — Same as peaches. 



Quinces. — Pyramids or bushes, six to eight feet apart. 

 Filberts^ do., six to eight feet apart. 

 Gooseberries and Cxtrrants^ four to five feet apart. 

 Pasjyberries^ two to three feet apart. 



Mr. Pivere gives the following distances in his " Minia- 

 ture Fruit Garden.'^ 



