OF DWARF FRUIT TREE CULTURE. 3? 



If the soil where the trees are to be planted is of fair fertility, 

 no manure need be added before planting, but some fine mold be 

 placed on the roots and the tree shaken so that it enters into. the mass 

 of fibers, and then be trodden down firmly. When the hole is filled 

 in level, some manure may be spread. on top in a circle of about three 

 feet wide. If the soil is poor, some well rotted manure may be 

 worked in when planting. In heavy and wet soils trees should be 

 planted on mounds and not in holes. 



DISTANCE FOR PLANTING. 



Pyramidal pear trees and bushes on quince stock 9 feet apart. 



Pyramidal pear trees on pear stock, root pruned 12 feet. - - 



Horizontal Espalier pear trees, on quince, for rails or walls 

 12 feet. 



Upright Espaliers on quince for rails or walls 4 feet. 



Horizontal Espaliers, on pear stock, for rails or walls 20 feet 

 apart. : , 



Pyramidal plum trees 9 to 12 feet apart. 



Espalier plum trees for rails or walls 20 feet apart'.. 



Pyramidal and bush apple trees, on Paradise stock, ro.ot prunes, 

 for small gardens 6 feet. 



Espalier apple trees, on Paradise stock 12 to 14 feet. ^ 



The same on crab stock 20 feet. 



Peaches and nectarines for walls 15 to 20 feet. 



Apricots for walls -20 feet. 



Cherries as bushes or pyramids, on Mahaleb stock, root pruned, 

 for small gardens 9 feet apart. 



Espalier cherry trees, for rails or walls 15 to 20 feet. 



Upright cordons, pear, apple and cherry 2 to 3 feet. . 



Oblique cordon trees, trained to a wire fence (of four, wires 

 five feet high or more) 2 feet apart. 



Horizontal cordons single, 5 feet ; double-^lO to 16 feet. \ * 



Standard currants and gooseberries 6 feet apart: ' 



Cordon gooseberries and currants 9 to 12 inches apart. 



These cordon gooseberries, if planted any farther apart, allows 

 too much room for the roots and permits them to grow too rampant 

 and consequently would require root pruning to keep them in bounds. 

 If the trees bear too profusely, so as to exhaust themselves, some 

 decomposed manure, about five bushels to 25 square yards, should 



