276 The Principles of Fruit-growing. 
companying plan (Fig. 39) shows the arrangement 
of the trees and bushes. The trees are planted on 
the hexagonal plan, the rows being 30 feet apart 
and the trees 35 feet apart in the rows, the trees 
in one row alternating with those in the next. By 
this method of arrangement, 15 per cent more trees 
can be planted to the acre than by the ordinary 
method, and yet not be any more crowded. The 
bushes are 6 feet apart one way by 5 feet 10 inches 
the other. At present no trees are nearer than 9 feet to 
the apple trees. As the trees increase in size, those 
bushes within the cireles, as shown on the plan, will 
be the first to be removed.” 
The family fruit plantation.—It is impossible to 
give any specific advice for the plan of a family fruit 
garden, because tastes are so personal, and the 
amount and character of land at the disposal of the 
party are so various. One ean only say that the 
varieties should be chosen for best dessert and euli- 
nary qualities, for succession through the season, and 
that the area should be so planted that the rows run 
the long way of the land and to allow of easy cul- 
tivation with a horse. In general, it will not be 
necessary to provide for cultivation both ways. The 
accompanying diagram (Fig. 40) suggests how an 
area of one acre may be laid out in a fruit garden 
for the home supply. For a number of years, other 
plants —as vegetables, small-fruits, or dwarf apples 
or dwarf pears—may be grown, not only between 
the rows, but between the trees in the row. 
