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Of course there are almost innumerable factors which influence 

 this, the most important being the kind of trees, the individual 

 taste of the owner, the soil and the method of pruning to be 

 adopted. 



Some varieties of apples make large trees and some never 

 attain much size. The Spy or the Baldwin, for example, want 

 more room than the Palmer Greening and the Wagener. 



Some soils will grow large trees of a certain variety while on 

 other soils the same variety is relatively small. The orchard 

 shown in Figure 108, for example, is a block of Baldwins prob- 

 ably not far from thirty years old. They are planted at 33 

 feet apart and yet there is plenty of rrom for them. They 

 will never make large trees. 



Ftq. 24. — A low headed, five-vear-old, peach tree. This tree was headed at six inches. 



The kind of pruning also makes a great difference. If the 

 owner plans to give the trees free range they will need far more 

 room than if he practises more or less repressive pruning. 



When all these points are considered the following are about 

 the average distances recommended: 



Apples 30 to 50 feet 



Pears 20 to 30 feet 



Peaches 13 to 20 feet 



Plums 15 to 20 feet 



Cherries 15 to 25 feet 



Quinces 8 to 12 feet 



