Fruits to Supply a Family. 135 



It may occur to some as an objection, that too much space is 

 given to cherry trees. There will be. however, a decided advan- 

 tage from the abundance of light and air for the trees, in diminish- 

 ing the tendency to rot in the fruit, one of the most serious draw- 

 backs in-cherry culture. More room is given to dwarf pears than 

 usual, on account of their proximity to the standards. 



All kinds of trees may be made to conform in some degree to the 

 room allotted to them, by thinning in the exterior occasionally. 



It may be stated that each side of a square acre is about 209 feet, 

 and that the preceding measurements of distances will all come out 

 in accordance with the plan. 



There are many who would like a larger fruit garden. The follow- 

 ing numbers and distances are accordingly given, the mode of ar- 

 rangement being the same as in the preceding plan each side of 

 the two-acre lot being 295 feet 



40 plums, nectarines, and) occupying 40 ft.-i 5 ft. in row. 



apricots, > 



40 cherries, . . , 2 "- " 50 " 15 " " 



10 early apples, . I " " 30 " 30 " " 



40 standard pears, . . 2 " " 40 " 15 " " 



80 dwarf do. . .2 " 20 " 7* " " 



80 peaches, . . . 4 " " 80 " 15 " 

 72 raspberries, \ 



72 currants, > 3 " " 12 " 4 " " 

 72 gooseberries, ) 



10 native grapes, . . I " " 10 " 20 " a 



Strawberry-bed, 13 feet wide, 295 feet long. 



The grapes are near the wall or fence, and, having the strawberry- 

 bed and small bushes in front, are not shaded. 



A fruit garden of this size furnishes 290 trees, ten grape-vines on 

 a trellis, and 216 raspberry, currant, and gooseberry bushes, with 

 ample space for a strawberry-bed, a portion of which should be pre- 

 pared each year for planting anew, say four feet wide, which will 

 leave eight feet for bearing beds, and give new plantations every 

 third year. 



The cost of preparing and cultivating an acre of land, as we have 

 proposed, will be almost incomparably less than where all is done 

 by hand. The following will approach a correct estimate where the 

 soil requires enriching as well as underdraining: 



