Distances for Hexagonals. 97 
measuring wire as described for quincunx planting with the 
distance and half-distance marks, except that the guide stakes 
in the side rows must be placed at different distances apart. 
Mr. H. A. Brainard, of San Jose, gives the following useful 
table, showing the distance for side stakes to reach desired dis- 
tance between the trees, and the method of calculating the num- 
bers of trees to the acre by the square and hexagonal or sextuple 
atrangement :— 
Trees set Sextuple. Check-stakes should be 
10 feet apart 8ft.8 in. 
12 7 “ aioe weg sO SS 4 2-5 
a4 oe ee : Es ‘ 
i 46 20 /2 
I a 
20 oe “6 id ize 
21 “fe ae 2% «ec 
22 oe ce vf, “ec 
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24 9% 
After the field is staked, each alternate stake in the check rows should 
be removed. The following table will show the number of trees to the acre 
by the square and septuple system:— 
Septuple. 
1o feet apart 
12 46 6 
For any distance not given in the above table, calculate the number of 
trees to the acre by the square system, and add fifteen per cent. This will 
give the number if planted septuple. 
Laying out Hexagonals with a Triangle.—It is possible to lay 
out an orchard in hexagonal form by working from stake to 
stake with an equilateral triangle of dimensions equaling the 
distance required between the trees. 
Take three strips of one-by-two-inch dry pine or redwood, and as long 
as you wish the distance between the trees. Cut the strips the same length, 
and fasten the corners of the triangle firmly together by nailing to pieces of 
pine board six by six inches. : : . : 
If the long strips are set up edgewise, the triangle will be much stiffer 
and better to carry. Through the corner boards bore an inch hole, making 
sure that the three sides of the triangle measure exactly the same. If they 
do, the triangle must necessarily be perfect. Then brace it a little by 
nailing a lath across each corner, and it is ready for use. 
Now split out some three-quarter-inch pins, one foot long, from a good, 
straight-grained redwood post. Make one hundred pins for each acre you 
have to lay off. Do not use lath for pins, as they will cost double and will 
not be half as good. 
