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rows. In this way, there are 20 permanent trees, 60 apple fillers, and 80 peach 

 trees per acre. The smaller circles (unshaded) are extra peach trees put half- 

 way between the trees already set, which would make 320 trees per acre. In 

 this way the orchard would accommodate 240 peach trees per acre. But instead 

 of the extra peaches, small fruits may be planted, as shown by the smallest dots, 

 arranged in three rows between the rows of apple trees. In this way 550 bushes 

 of small fruits per acre may be accommodated, leaving plenty of room for cul- 

 tivation. They should be removed before they begin to crowd the trees ; but, 

 since there is almost 1 1 feet left between them and the trees, they will have 

 plenty of time to bring in considerable money before they are cut out. 



The following table shows the number of permanent trees and permanent 

 trees with one set of fillers, together with the distances apart of permanent 

 trees and fillers, planted according to the three different systems. The figures 

 in parentheses after the quincunx system show the distance of the center tree 

 of the group from the corner trees of the square. 



NUMBER OF TREES PER ACRE ACCORDING TO THE DIFFERENT 

 SYSTEMS OF PLANTING 



Distance apart 



Number of Trees per Acre 



Hexagonal 

 Square . . 

 Quincunx . 



Hexagonal 

 Square . . 

 Quincunx . 



Hexagonal 

 Square . . 

 Quincunx . 



Hexagonal 

 Square . . 

 Quincunx . 



Hexagonal 

 Square . . 

 Quincunx . 



Hexagonal 

 Square . . 

 Quincunx . 



Hexagonal 

 Square . . 

 Quincunx . 



Permanent 

 30 ft. 

 30 ft. 

 30 ft. (21.2) 



32 ft. 

 32 ft. 



32 ft. (22.6) 



33 ft 

 33 ft. 



33 ft. (23.3) 



35 ft. 



35 ft. 



35 ^ (247) 



40 ft. 

 40 ft. 

 40 ft. (28.3) 



45 ft. 

 45 ft- 

 45 ft- (3i-8) 



50 ft. 

 50 ft. 

 50 ft (35-4) 



Fillers 

 I 5 ft. 

 I 5 ft. 

 I 5 ft. 



16 ft. 

 16 ft. 

 16 ft. 



1 6. 5 ft. 

 16.5 ft. 

 16.5 ft. 



17.5 ft. 



I7.5ft. 

 17.5 ft. 



20 ft. 

 20 ft. 

 20 ft. 



22-5 ft 

 22.5 ft. 

 22.5 ft 



25 ft. 

 25 ft. 

 25 ft. 



Permanent 



55 

 48 

 97 



49 

 42 

 S5 



46 

 40 

 80 



4i 



35 

 70 



-5 



Permanent, _fille 

 220 

 194 

 194 



196 

 1 68 

 168 



1S4 

 160 

 160 



166 

 140 

 140 



124 



108 



108 



100 

 86 

 86 



80 

 68 

 68 



