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as water is in the ditches. J. W. Cook holds to the theory 

 of fall planting. His method is as follows : Plow very deep 

 and set on grade. Draw a chain on the ground to make a 

 mark for the trees and set them about an inch deeper than 

 they were in the nursery. Pack the ground, and afterward 

 there may be planted between them some hoed crop, but 

 no grain. Branch within six or twelve inches of the ground ;. 

 head low and use no manure. It is well to mulch some 

 around the trees to keep the sun from burning them. Cold 

 does not hurt trees. It is the dry air and hot sun. 



The distance apart to set trees has not yet been authen- 

 tatively established. J. W. Cook says set trees twelve feet 

 apart each way ; they do better thick and bear better than if 

 set too far apart. Mr. Jesse's Frazier's orchard has them 

 set sixteen feet apart, the trees not set opposite each other v 

 but in this style : 



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Mr. J. H. Newcomb says standard apple trees should 

 be fifteen feet apart each way. Mr. D. L. Tracy gives three 

 lists of varieties that should be set 40, 30 and 20 feet apart,, 

 as follows : 



FORTY FEET. Yellow Belle Flower, Ben Davis, Wine 

 Sap, Northern Spy, Talman's and Golden Sweet. 



THIRTY FEET. Rambo, Russett, Jonathan, Early Har- 

 vest. 



TWENTY FEET. Red June, Early Joe, Summer Pear- 

 main, Red Astrachan, Tetofski. 



Jesse Frazier cultivates as follows : In the spring he 

 plows the soil between the trees to a depth of four inches 

 and cultivates through the season enough to keep down the 

 weeds. A furrow is run between every row and water ap- 

 plied up to as late in the season as water can be obtained. 

 In the spring he is governed by the kind of winter that has 

 passed. If a wet one, no irrigation is likely to be required 

 until late in the spring. He aims, when irrigating, to soak 



