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except to economize space. In tlie north, however^ wliere 

 the more tender fruits do not succeed in the open ground, 

 walls may be advantageously employed, as the trees 

 trained on them are easily protected both from winter and 

 spring frosts. 



Laying out tJie Fruit Ga/rden. — This is the arrange- 

 ment or distribution of the ground into suitable plot^ or 

 compartments, necessary walks, etc. The mode of doing 

 this depends on the size of the garden, and the manner in 

 which it is to be planted. Fruit gardens, properly speak- 

 ing, are such as are wholly devoted to fruits ; but a very 

 common form, as has been already observed, is the mixed 

 garden, where a portion only is devoted to fruits, and 

 the remainder to culinary vegetables. We will first con- 

 sider 



The Fruit Garden jprojper. — In all fruit gardens the 

 number of walks should be no greater than is absolutely 

 necessary for convenience. In small places the better 

 plan appears to be, to carry the principal walk around 

 the outside, leaving as much as possible of the interior, 

 where air and light are enjoyed to the greatest extent, for 

 the trees. A border should be left between the fence and 

 the walk, of sufficient width for the trees to be trained on 

 the fence trellis. If appearances were to be strictly ob- 

 served, this border should be as' wide as the fence is high, 

 but as a general thing five to six feet will be sufficient; 

 and where ground is limited, appearance must in many 

 cases be sacrificed to economy. Where the work is all 

 performed by manual labor, the walks need not be more 

 than five to six feet wide, as that admits of the passage of 

 a wheelbarrow ; and this is all that is required. 



Fig. 98 is a design for a very small garden fifty feet by 

 one hundred. A is the entrance gate, four feet wide ; 

 a walk five feet wide ; (?, 0^ fence border, six feet 



