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STATE BOARD OF HORTICULTURE. 



Hexagonal, or Septuple, System 



trees are planted to an acre. 



Triangular, or Alter- 

 nate, System. — In laying 

 out an orchard by this sys- 

 tem, the lines are run form- 

 ing a square, as in the 

 square system; a line is 

 then run diagonally across, 

 and a tree planted alter- 

 nately, forming a triangle. 

 The advantage in this sys- 

 tem is that the trees are 

 given more space, and can 

 be planted closer together 

 without crowding. 



The following table will 

 show the number of trees 

 to the acre by the square, 

 quincunx, and hexagonal 

 or septuple systems: 



tained a considerable size; 

 tlie orchard then assumes 

 the square plan. At twenty 

 feet apart, one hundred and 

 ninety-nine trees are plant- 

 ed to an acre by this method. 



Hexagonal, or Septu- 

 ple, System. — In this sys- 

 tem tlie trees are equilateral 

 (equally distant from each 

 other) and more completely 

 fill the space than any other 

 system can. Six trees form 

 a hexagon and inclose a 

 seventh. The lines in the 

 figure indicate the method 

 of laying out the orchard. 

 By the hexagonal system, 

 at twenty feet apart, one 

 hundred and twenty-six 



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Triangular, or Alternate, System. 



