268 The Principles of Fruit-growing. 
33 feet apart, instead of 2814. The trees are to be planted alter- 
nately, just as bricks are laid in » wall. In the lower section 
there are 143 trees per acre; in the middle one 92, and in the 
upper, fully thinned section, there are 46 permanent trees. 
“The Wellhouse plan.—Almost every fruit-grower has heard 
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98 trees, 32 x 16 feet apart. 
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Fig. 35. Wellhouse plan. 
of Hon. F. Wellhouse, of Kansas, who is called *The Apple 
King of America.’ Well may he be so ealled, for he and 
his son, who is in company with him, have over 1,600 acres 
of apple orchard, ranging from two to twenty-two years 
planted. His trees are planted 32x16 feet apart, in rectan- 
gular style, as shown in the lower section of Fig. 35, the 
