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apart, and the young plants six to eight inches 

 apart in the row. The buds set in July and 

 August do not start in to growth until the fol- 

 lowing spring, but as soon as the top of the 

 original seedling is cut away the dormant bud 

 pushes rapidly into growth, and by the end of 

 the season, on good soil and with good cultiva- 

 tion, a marketable tree worth from twenty to 

 one hundred dollars per thousand has been 

 produced. 



At the distances mentioned it is possible to 

 grow 22,300 plants per acre. Plums can be 

 produced in the same way and in the same 

 length of time. Nowadays apples are handled 

 in much the same way, but instead of the seed- 

 lings being grown in place they are grown by 

 others in a different section. The year old 

 seedlings are purchased by the nurserymen and 

 either used for root grafting or are lined out 

 in nursery rows four feet apart with the plants 

 eight to ten inches apart in the row. Yearling 

 plants lined out this way in April or May will 

 have formed growth to permit budding them in 

 July and August. The buds set in the autumn 

 will during the next year produce a large ma- 

 jority of trees suitable for the market. Soil, 

 climate, culture, and the variety all influence the 

 size and character of the product. 



