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CHAPTER III. 



SETTING OUT AND PLANTING. PRACTICAL HINTS ON 

 PLANTING, ETC. 



The following four half-acre plans, will show at a 

 glance the best methods of " setting out," so arranged 

 that pony or horse-hoes can be used the greatest 

 length to save hand labour in hoeing. 



No. i is a plantation of " top " standard or half- 

 standard trees with Currants or Gooseberries beneath 

 at 5 feet apart ; on rich land it would be better to 

 place them 6 feet apart. 



No. 2 is a Cherry orchard, which, to produce an 

 early return, is usually 4< middled " with Plums or the 

 weaker growing Apples ; generally, by the time the 

 Cherries are sufficiently grown, the supplementary 

 trees have paid their way, and may be removed with 

 advantage leaving the entire orchard in Cherries. 



No. 3 is the most profitable form of plantation. 

 The bush or pyramid trees being on the paradise 

 stock for Apples, or on quince for Pears with 

 Gooseberries or Currants between the latter to be 

 ultimately removed when the bush trees require the 

 room. A growth of this description must be wired 

 all round the hedges and gates, to keep out hares 

 and rabbits. 



No. 4 is a typical home orchard, for the supply of 

 a family. 



