THE FRUIT GARDEN. 



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a few strawberries and low vegetables, such as lettuce, 

 radishes, beets, carrots, turnips, or even dwarf peas, may 

 be gro^vn in the spaces among the trees, but in no case to 

 be permitted nearer than within three feet of the tree. 



A walk through the centre would be necessary, and 

 this should be ten feet wide, and there should be a turn- 

 ing place left at the end opposite the entrance. 



The mixed^ or fruit and kitchen garden^ is laid out in a 

 similar manner ; the trees are planted in rows on a bor- 

 der six to ten feet wide, according to the size of the trees, 

 along the walks, leaving the interior of the compartments 

 for vegetables. This arrangement is a very common one, 

 and generally answers a very good purpose ; but where 

 it is practicable, it is much better to devote a sepai'ate por- 

 tion exclusively to fruit, in order that the one may not in 

 any way interfere with the other. In such a garden, the 

 number of the walks, and consequently fruit borders, 

 will depend upon the proportion of the ground intended 

 to be allotted to frait, aiid this again will be regulated by 

 the means, tastes, and demands of the family. 



Fig. 99 (see frontispiece) is the plan of a mixed fruit 

 and kitchen garden, one hundred and fifty feet wide by 

 two hundred long, being one hundred and ten square rods, 

 somewhat less than three quarters of an acre. The de- 

 sign is to have two tree borders exclusive of the outside 

 or fence border. The centre main walk from A to 6', is 

 ten feet wide. That crossing it in the centre six feet 

 wide. The small walk next the fence border four feet 

 wide, and that between the two tree borders five feet. The 

 fence border is six feet wide, and may be planted with 

 espalier trees, vines, etc., besides currants, raspberries, 

 strawberries, or anything of low growth, not requiring the 

 fullest exposure. The tree borders are all eight feet wide, 

 except the dwarf apple border, which is only six. The 

 outside border is planted on the two sides with low stand- 



