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can be done by any 
other means. If you 
have fruit trees which 
seem to be standing 
still and which do not 
bear, no matter how big 
they are, properly ex- @ ° ° ° e ° ° ° e 
plode a charge in the 
soil around or between . 
them, and the trees 
will likely get to work. ? 2 s e * © * ¢ * 
In a bearing orchard, a i 
proper charge midway 94 b—32 FT.—4 k—32 FT.—4 
between trees is always é fo) e ° e ° e ° e 
safe. and generally ef- This planting plan is one of the simplest and 
fective. best we have seen. The permanent trees are 
How much dyna- planted 24 by 32 feet, with a filler tree in the 32- 
mite to use, what kind, foot space. This gives 54 permanent trees and 54 
how deep and how far fillers to the acre. We follow this method on our 
apart the holes should °W® orchards. 
be, are details which are decided by simple experiments in the kind 
of soil to be loosened. Dynamite manufacturers will supply all the 
information needed. They have issued several practical handbooks 
for distribution. 
Distances for Planting. Every orchardist seems to have his own 
ideas about the distance apart that his trees should stand. The best 
modern practice shows that 24 by 32 feet for apple trees gives ample 
space for cultivating, spraying, and picking. On the 32-foot line a 
filler tree can be planted, with the idea that the fillers are to be cut 
out before they interfere with the growth of the permanent trees. For 
this purpose use any of the early-maturing peaches; Duchess, 
Wealthy, Grimes, York Imperial, and Yellow Transparent apples are 
desirable because of their upright growth and early-fruiting habit. 
Another common distance is 40 by 40 feet; this has many supporters 
among practical orchard men, but our experience in our own orchards 
is in favor of the 24 by 32-foot plan. 
The bush fruits—currants, raspberries, etc.—can be used as inter- 
crops and permitted to remain for five or six years. Strawberries, too, 
are successfully grown between the fruit trees, and many orchardists 
make good money from a planting of tomatoes. The land between 
the trees ought to be used—and can be—for at least five years. 
When you invest the $50 to $100 an acre that it takes to plant an 
orchard and care for it five years, you want to make it pay as much 
as possible and as quickly as possible. It isa plain business proposition. 
Because of this, we say plant two or three of the best-paying varieties 
and then grow crops between the rows. We advise every planter of 
an apple orchard to put peach trees between the apple trees as fillers 
for the first eight or ten years, if you want to grow peaches and the 
land is suited to peaches. If the land is not adapted for peaches, 
plant apple fillers and grow beans, peas, tomatoes, early potatoes, or 
other vegetables between the rows of trees for two or three years. 
The use of fillers and intercrops will make your orchard pay from the 
very beginning. Early bearing of fruit trees depends somewhat on 
treatment but to a larger extent on the varieties planted. York 
Imperial and Yellow Transparent, especially, will bear abundantly 
when they are from four to six years old. 
Number of Trees or Plants to an Acre. The following table will 
show how many trees or plants are required for an acre at any dis- 
tance apart: 
Feet Square Triangular Feet Square Triangular 
apart method method apart method method 
40 27 trees 31 trees 10 435 trees 505 trees 
35 35 trees 40 trees 8 680 trees 775 trees 
30 50 trees 55 trees 6 1,210 trees 1,600 trees 
25 70 trees 80 trees 5 1,745 trees 2,010 trees 
20 I10 trees 125 trees 4 2,722 trees 3,145 trees 
18 I35 trees 155 trees 3 4,840 trees 5,590 trees 
Is 195 trees 225 trees 2 10,890 trees 12,575 trees 
12 305 trees 350 trees I 43.560 trees 50,300 trees 
Trees sometimes can be planted to advantage farther apart one 
way than another. To do this, you have to work out the plan for your 
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