CHAPTER III 



ORCHARD AND PLANTING PLANS 



We are not yet ready to plant the orchard. A wood is a maze; 

 an orchard is a plan. There must be a plan if the owner is to get the 

 most out of his land. Now getting the most out of 

 M ^^t'o t ^f ^^^ \wad may mean getting the most on the land, 

 the Land ^'^ other words, the planter must plan to make use 



of every foot of land throughout the life of the 

 plantation. The home planter must make use of the spaces between 

 the plants he wishes to be permanent. How.-* There are two waj's: 

 He may use fillers; or, he may plant a two-storied garden. 



A filler is a temporary plant set among permanent 



Fillers plants. A good filler is an early bearing variety of 



the same fruit or of a shorter-lived species. Wealthy 



or Wagener are admirable filler varieties to set among other apples 



because they are both early in bearing and short-lived. Or peaches, 



cherries, quinces, or brambles or 

 bush fruits may be set in the 

 apple orchard. Again, bush-fruits 

 or brambles may be set in the 

 peach or cherry orchard. Many 

 set dwarf apples or pears between 

 standard apples and pears. These 

 dwarfs come into bearing earlier 

 than standard trees, may be set 

 nuich closer, thus giving an 

 opportunity for more varieties, 

 and the product is often rather 

 better. 



Here is the rub with fillers — 

 sooner or later they must come 

 out. One learus to love a goodly 

 tree, especially of one's own 

 I)lantiiig, and to lift the axe 

 against it, our affections mean- 

 while clinging to it, is a species 

 of uuu-der that few can prac- 

 tice. When permanents and 



I'lllera or a "two-stoned" t'urdi-'ii 



