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sion of paying fruit crops from the second year of the 

 foundation of the orchard. 



The order of planting is a matter of some consequence, 

 and should be settled upon before commencing the work. 

 The simplest form, and that most usually adopted, is the 

 square; furrows are drawn across the field, at whatever 

 distance the plants may be desired to stand, and crossed by 

 others equally distant and at right angles to the first. These 

 will, by their intersections, indicate the stations to be oc- 

 cupied by the trees. Some planters introduce a tree at 

 the centre point between each four, and this has been 

 called quincunx, but erroneously for the true quincunx is 

 constituted by one central tree surrounded by six, and all 

 are equidistant, as illustrated by the diagram, figure 



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Fig. 26. DIAGRAM OF PLANTING QUINCUNX. 



26. This gives as many trees as possible upon the 

 ground, all equidistant, at twenty feet apart, or at any 

 other, distance. It will be seen, that, in laying off this 

 ground, whether with the plow or simply with stakes to 



