200 PERMANENT PLANTATION'S. 



be observed in all cases, and this particularly in small gar- 

 dens, where advantage should be taken of every circum- 

 stance. In large gardens an uniform distance may be 

 adopted, even if some space be sacrificed. The following 

 distances may serve as a general guide, and may be in- 

 creased or diminished according to circumstances : 



DISTANCES IN THE OPEN GEOUND. 



Apples. Pyramids on free stock, ten feet apart ; do., on 



Doucain, eight feet apart ; do., dwarf standards on 



Doucain, eight feet apart ; do., dwarf bushes on 



paradise, five to six feet apart. 

 Pears. Pyramids on free stocks, ten to twelve feet apart ; 



do., on quince, six feet apart ; do., dwarf standards on 



quince, six to eight feet apart. 

 Plums. Dwarf standards, eight to ten feet apart ; do., 



pyramids, eight to ten feet apart. 

 Cherries. Pyramids, hearts, and-bigarreaus, eight to ten 



feet apart ; do., dukes and morellos, six to eight feet 



apart ; do., dwarf bushes of morellos, five to six feet 



apart. 

 Apricots. Dwarf standard on plum, eight to ten feet 



apart ; do., pyramids, six to eight feet apart. 

 Peaches. Low standards on peach, ten to twelve feet 



apart ; do., on plum, eight to ten feet. 

 ffectwrines. Same as, peaches. 



Quinces. ^Pyramids or bushes, six to eight feet apart. 

 Filberts, do., six to eight feet apart. 

 Gooseberries and Currants, four to five feet apart. 

 Raspberries, two to three feet apart. 



Mr. Rivers gives the following distances in his " Minia 

 ture Fruit Garden." 



