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beginners' guide to fruit growing 



apart, the original planting is made with the trees 

 20 feet apart. When crowding first begins, alter- 

 nate rows are removed lengthwise, in one direction. 

 This gives relief for a considerable time. Later, an- 

 other portion of the trees is removed, cutting 

 crosswise of the field. Thus, in two or three suc- 



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FIG. la — ^A WELL-PLANTED PLUM ORCHARD 



cessive thinnings, the orchard is reduced from its 

 original stand to one-fourth of the original number 

 of trees. 



The system of interplanting is the same as double 

 planting, except that the temporary trees are of 

 varieties different from the permanent trees. In the 

 case of apple orchards, these may be simply earlier- 

 bearing varieties, or they may be dwarf trees, or 

 they may be peach trees, or almost any other kind. 



Interplanting may, in fact, be reduced to three 

 fairly distinct types. In the first type, there are 



