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be in rows at the distance of twenty yards from 

 each other. If in the kitchen garden for standards, 

 1 would always recommend the planting of dwarfs. 

 You may train the tree up to have a stem of about 

 three feet high, at the distance of seventeen yards. 

 If the garden is laid out with cross-walks, or foot- 

 paths, about three feet wide, make the borders six 

 feet broad, and plant the trees in the middle of 

 them. In the Royal gardens at Kensington, which 

 are very long and narrow, and where the winds are 

 very hurtful, I have planted two rows of apple- 

 trees, intermixed with other fruit-trees, alternately, 

 one row on each side of the middle walk (which 

 runs the whole length of the garden), at the dis- 

 tance of seventeen yards from each other. I have 

 also made cross-w^alks of three feet broad, at the 

 distance of seventy yards, with borders on each 

 side six feet wide, having two rows of trees in each 

 border, about twelve or fourteen feet asunder. 

 These dwarf-trees are very useful in breaking the 

 force of high winds, and are at the same time of 

 such a height that a man standing on the ground 

 may gather the fruit. As plum-trees may be planted 

 in the same manner, and for the same purpose as 

 the above, you can have the quarters clear for 

 crops for the kitchen, and a free air will be ad- 

 mitted, which you can never have if you plant 

 espaliers : dwarf standards can be kept to what 

 size you please ; they look much handsomer than 

 espaliers, and produce a greater quantity of fruit. 



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