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CHAPTER III. 



SETTING OUT AND PLANTING. — PRACTICAL HINTS ON 

 PLANTING, ETC. 



The following four half-acre plans, will show at a 

 glance the best methods of "setting out," so arranged 

 that pony or horse-hoes can be used the greatest 

 length to save hand labour in hoeing. 



No. I is a plantation of " top " standard or half- 

 standard trees with Currants or Gooseberries beneath 

 at 5 feet apart ; on rich land it would be better to 

 place them 6 feet apart. 



No. 2 is a Cherry orchard, which, to produce an 

 early return, is usually " middled " with Plums or the 

 weaker growing Apples ; generally, by the time the 

 Cherries are sufficiently grown, the supplementary 

 trees have paid their way, and may be removed with 

 advantage — leaving the entire orchard in Cherries. 



No. 3 is the most profitable form of plantation. 

 The bush or pyramid trees being on the paradise 

 stock for Apples, or on quince for Pears — with 

 Gooseberries or Currants between — the latter to be 

 ultimately removed when the bush trees require the 

 room. A growth of this description must be wired 

 all round the hedges and gates, to keep out hares 

 and rabbits. 



No. 4 is a typical home orchard, for the supply of 

 a family. 



