FRUITS FOR THE HOME GROUNDS 



O • (3 * a ^ (^ intensive culture indicate hexag- 



<? i? 9 9 Q 9 onal plantings. 



• Q • Q ^ O <f Have you seen 



^ Distance Apart ^ ggg struggling 



"? "? "? 9 9 9 and the . -..^^^^ [l 



6? ^ O ^ c? ^ <^ Struggle for ^^^ *^^ff '^S?, '" 



qi 9 c? £? Q V Existence a torest:'' ihere 



^ C^ ^ (^ ^ (^ f trees perish by 



q Q Q Q 9 •? too great abundance, those 



^ _ ^^ - Q ^ C^ stronger than their neighbors, or 



o t^ 9 9 Q Q more fortunate in position, sur- 



» C^ ^ (^ ^ '^ ^ viving by starving out those 



Q q, if 9 Q 9 about them. There is a struggle 



^ ^ ^ — £x IB i;i for existence in a thickly planted 



T, , r^^ r. ■ c,i orchard, for even if all plants sur- 



FiG. 4. The Qumcunx-fiUer arrange- . ...,,. , 



ment. The orchard is planted with per- vlve, the mdlVldual IS squeezed 



manent apple trees, apple fillers, and ^^^ ^f svmmetrv and robbed of 

 peach liUers. 



<? Permanent trees QPeaeh fillers normal development 



9 Standard apple fillers , ^o prevent this IS the argument 



for generous distance between 

 plants at first setting, or for using the axe when the process of mutual 

 suffocation begins in an orchard. Every fruit-grower knows that 

 the trees on the outside of his orchard produce most and best fruit 

 because they get the most air, sunshine, wind, moisture, and food. 

 Planting distances vary much with maiij^ conditions, as fruit, 

 variety, soil, climate, method of pruning, and so on. The following 

 table shows average planting distances for the commonest fruits: 



Distances Apart for Planting Fruits 



Apples 30 to 50 feet each way. 



Apples, Dwarf, on Paradise stocks 10 to 16 feet each way. 



Apples, Dwarf, on Doucin stocks I'J to 25 feet each way. 



Pears 20 to 30 feet each way. 



Pears, Dwarf 10 to 15 feet each way. 



Plums 16 to 20 feet each way. 



Peaches 10 to 20 feet each way. 



Cherries 10 to 25 feet each way. 



Apricots 10 to 20 feet each way. 



Nectarines 10 to 20 feet each way. 



Qu'nees 8 to 1-t feet each way. 



Grapes 8 to 12 fc-et each way. 



Currants 4 by 5 feet. 



Gooseberries -t b'v 5 feet. 



Raspberries, IJlack ;! hV o feet. 



Raspberries, Red 3 by 5 feet. 



Blackberries 4 by 7 to (i by 8 feet. 



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