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and west, as in the upper section. While it may seem pre- 
sumptuous for me to suggest an improvement on a plan so 
well matured, and by such eminently practical orchardists, and, 
when it is true that the apple bears quite young and pro- 
fusely in all that Ozark Mountain region, yet it does seem 
_ (NORTH. ) 
Pp P P RP 
P P P P 
32 permanent trees, 371% feet apart. 
ie 
F iP F P F P EF P 
P F P ¥ P F LP F 
F iP. ¥ iP F P KF P 
Modified Olden plan: 64 trees, 25x25 feet apart. 
P P P P P P ¥ Pp 
P Rg IP P P P e P 
P P P P P i P P 
Olden plan proper: 64 trees, 25x 25 feet apart. 
(SOUTH.) 
Fig. 87. Olden plan. 
to me that it might be well to mix the varieties in the 
row, filling in each alternate diagonal row with the earliest- 
bearing varieties to be planted, and thus preparing for their 
removal and the retention of those of w less precocious and 
more durable character. This modified plan I have depicted 
in the central section of Fig. 37. 
