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THE ORCHARD. 



inches from the surface is quite sufficient 

 for the purpose. The distance at which the 

 trees are to be planted, must be regulated 

 according to their sorts, the dwarf kinds 

 nearest, and taller sorts farther apart. I pre- 

 fer planting them in the quincunx manner. 

 The dwarf Apple trees worked upon Paradise 

 stocks which are in so great estimation in 

 the Islands of Guernsey and Jersey are very 

 excellent for an Orchard, and are worthy of 

 a more general cultivation in this country. 

 The trees will bear abundantly the third or 

 fourth year after working, and when they 

 will not be more than four feet high. On 

 account of their dwarf habit they may be 

 planted in rows ten feet apart and nine feet 

 in the rows, the produce of such trees are 

 very abundant, and their appearance is beau- 

 tiful. The dwarf kinds of the sorts of Orchard 

 trees generally cultivated in this country may 

 be planted twenty-four feet apart, and the 

 taller kinds from thirty to thirty-five feet. 



As the distance stated is that, at which 

 they are to remain for bearing, it is a 

 very good method (particularly in the cold 

 parts of this country) to plant some of those 

 kinds of fruit trees which speedily come to a 

 bearing condition in the spaces between 

 those which are finally to remain; and as 

 the latter advance in growth, cut the others 

 away, or remove them to some other situ- 

 ation. 



