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This planting plan is one of the simplest 

 and best we have seen. The permanent 

 trees are planted 24x32 feet, with a filler 

 tree in the 32-foot space. This gives 54 

 permanent trees and .54 fillers to the acre. 

 We follow this method on our own orchards. 



Distances for Plant- 

 ing. Every orchard- 

 ist seems to have his 

 own ideas about the 

 distance apart that his 

 trees should stand. 

 The best modern prac- 

 tice shows that 24x;->2 

 feet for apple trees 

 jlives ample space for 

 cultivating. spraying: 

 and picking. On the 

 82-foot line a filler 

 tree can be planted, 

 with the idea that the 

 fillers are to be cat out 

 before they interfere 

 with the growth of the 

 pennanent 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 i»ractical 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 

 intercrops and permitted to remain for five or six years. Straw- 

 berries, 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. 



AThen 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 is a 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 be- 

 tween the apple trees as fillers for the first eight or ten years, if 

 you want to grow i)eaches 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 



table will show how 



acre at any distance apart : 



or Plants to an Acre. The following 

 many trees or plants are required for an 



Feet 



Square 



Triangular ] 



Feet 



Square 



Triangular 



apart 



method 



method j 



apart 



method 



m-ethod 



40 



27 trees 



31 trees 



10 



435 trees 



505 trees 



3.1 



3.5 trees 



40 trees 



8 



(^HO trees 



7 75 trees 



30 



.50 trees 



.5.5 trees 



6 



1,210 trees 



1,600 trees 



25 



70 trees 



80 trees 



5 



1,7 45 trees 



2,010 trees 



20 



110 trees 



125 trees 



4 



2.722 trees 



3,145 trees 



18 



13.5 trees 



1.5.5 trees 



3 



4,840 trees 



5,500 trees 



1.5 



195 trees 



225 trees 



2 



10,800 trees 



12.5 75 trees 



12 



30.5 trees 



350 trees 



1 



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 own orchards. This plan works best on steep hills. The 

 rows should follow the lines of the hill to make driving easier. 



We accept Liberty Loan Bonds, Thrift Stamps and War Savings Stamps, 

 at face value, but no cash discount is allowed for such payments. 



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