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then make a mass of small shoots from the main 

 branches, which should be thinned out in August, or 

 the result will be more disastrous. It is hoped that 

 we may not often experience a zero winter's tempera- 

 ture. It is not surprising that under such circumstances 

 fruit trees should suffer, when Poplars, Hazel, Elms, 

 and Chestnuts are crippled. 



MARKET TREES REQUIRED PER ACRE. 



1210 at 6-ft. apart, for Pyramid Pears on Quince stocks, 



or Apples on Paradise stocks 

 (where the trees are to be thin- 

 ned to i2-ft. in a few years). 



1742 ,, 5 -ft. ,, ,, Lancashire Lad Gooseberries. 



1 2 10 ,, 6-ft. ,, ,, Gooseberries and Red Currants. 

 680 ,, 8-ft. ,, ,, Black Currants. Some growers 



now plant on the six years' 

 system 6-ft. between the rows 

 and 3 -ft. from tree to tree, 

 destroying the trees if they 

 take the " Big-bud " or become 

 unfruitful. 



302 ,, i2-ft. ,, Permanent Bush or Pyramid 



Trees and Cob Nuts. 



193 i5-ft. ,, ,, Standard Plums, Damsons, May 



Duke or Kentish Red Cherries. 



132 ,, 1 8-ft. ditto. 



108 ,, 20-ft. ,, ,, Apples, Pears, etc., as Standards. 



75 ,, 24-ft. ,, ,, ditto, or the moderate growing 

 Cherries. 



48 ,, 3o-ft. ,, ,, Strong growing Cherries, where 

 pastured underneath. 



36 ,, 40-ft. ,, Strong Cherries, or the largest 

 spreading Apples. 



Strawberries for market require (about) at i-ft. 43,000, 

 ij-ft. 19,350, 2-ft. 11,000 per acre. In the foot planting 

 the alternate plants are ploughed up the second and 

 third year, leaving the plantation 2-ft. apart each way. 



