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PERMANENT PLANtATIONS. 



be observed in all cases, and this particularly in small gar- 

 dens, where advantage should be taken of every circum- 

 stance. In large gardens an uniform distance may be 

 adopted, even if some space be sacrificed. The following 

 distances may serve as a general guide, and may be in- 

 creased or diminished according to circumstances : 



DISTANCES IN THE OFEN GEOTTND. 



Ajpj^les. — Pyramids on free stock, ten feet apart ; do., on 

 Doucain, eight feet apart ; do., dwarf standards on 

 Doucain, eight feet apart ; do., dwarf bushes on 

 paradise, five to six feet apart. 



Pears. — Pyramids on free stocks, ten to twelve feet apart ; 

 do., on quince, six feet apart ; do., dwarf standards on 

 quince, six to eight feet apart. 



Plums. — Dwarf standards, eight to ten feet apart ; do., 

 pyramids, eight to ten feet apart. 



Cherries. — Pyramids, hearts, and bigarreaus, eight to ten 

 feet apart ; do., dukes and morellos, six to eight feet 

 apart ; do., dwarf bushes of morellos, five to six feet 

 apart. 



A^icots. — rDwarf standard on plum, eight to ten feet 

 apart ; do., pyramids, six to eight feet apart. 



Peaches. — Low standards on peach, ten to twelve feet 

 apart ; do., on plum, eight to ten feet. 



Ifectarines. — Same as peaches. 



Quinces. — Pyramids or bushes, six to eight feet apart. 

 Filberts., do., six to eight feet apart. 

 Gooseberries and Currants., four to five feet apart. 

 Pas]pbermes., \Nio to three feet apart. 



Mr. Eivers gives the following distances in his " Minia 

 ture Fruit Garden." 



