FOE THE SOUTHERN STATES. 



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DISTANCES APAET TO PLANT TREES, VINES, Etc. 



Peaches, Plums, Standard Pears, Apricots, 

 in ligbit soil, 16 to 18 feet; in strong soil, 18 

 to 20 feet each way. 



Figs should be planted 20 to 24 feet apart. 



Dwarf Pears, Quinces, etc., 10 to 15 feet 

 apart. 



Jajjanese Persimmons, 10 to 12 feet. 



Grapes, such as Delaware, Ives Seedling, 



which are of slow growth, G to 8 feet r^part 

 each way. 



Thrifty gi'owers, like Concord, Triumph, 

 Goethe, etc., 8 to 10 feet apart. 



Herbemont, Cynthiana, etc., which are the 

 most rapid growers, 12 feet apart, in rows 8 

 feet wide. 



DIRECTIONS FOR PLANTING LE CONTE PEAR TREES. 



Plant the tree up to the collar in a large 

 hole, filling it with a rich loam in which 

 some fertilizer has been mixed; press the earth 

 in firmly around the roots, using wator in dry 

 breather; trim back one-half of each year's 

 growth till the fourth year, thea trim only in- 



growing and chafing limbs w^ith a vi«w to 

 spreading the head. Plant thirty feet eridh 

 way. Clean culture and broad-cast manuring 

 are best. For best results plant large one y&vr 

 trees , and only those grown from cutting.'^. 



Kieffer Pear. 



