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things being equal, red varieties will bring from fifty cents to 

 one dollar and a half more per barrel. 



Standard apple trees should stand about 40 by 40 feet apart 

 when mature. Some varieties do not grow as large as others, 

 and may be set closer but this is usually a mistake. 



Fig. 12. — A branch of the Mountain Rose Peach Tree, as growing in New 



Hampshire. 



Fillers, or apple trees that come into bearing at an early 

 age, "are being set quite commonly of late. These are set 

 equidistant between the standard trees and are cut out before 

 the latter become crowded. The peach, plum, dwarf pears, 

 etc., are also more or less used for the same purpose. 



