FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL NURSERY STOCK 



Number of Trees or Plants to an Acre. The 



following table will show how many trees or plants 

 are required for an acre at any distance apart: 



Square method Triangular method 



40 feet apart 27 trees 31 trees 



35 feet apart 35 trees 40 trees 



30 feet apart 50 trees 55 trees 



25 feet apart 70 trees 80 trees 



20 feet apart 110 trees 125 trees 



18 feet apart 135 trees 155 trees 



15 feet apart 195 trees 225 trees 



12 feet apart 305 trees 350 trees 



10 feet apart 435 trees 505 trees 



8 feet apart 680 trees 775 trees 



6 feet apart 1,210 trees 1,600 trees 



5 feet apart 1,745 trees 2,010 trees 



4 feet apart 2,722 trees 3,145 trees 



3 feet apart 4,840 trees 5,590 trees 



2 feet apart 10,890 trees 12,575 trees 



1 foot apart 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. 

 No rules can be laid down for hillside arrangement. 

 Use some modification of the plans given here. 

 (See diagrams.) 



Distances for Planting. Avoid setting per- 

 manent trees too close together. They feed over a 

 wide area if they have the opportunity, and they are 

 the better for it. Our plan is to set three peach trees 

 to one standard apple. Where peach trees are used 

 as fillers, we get from fifty to two hundred trees on 

 an acre, depending on many things. Some varieties 

 are naturally smaller growers than others, and can 



be planted closer; also the section has something to 

 do with it. For instance, trees grow bigger in 

 Pennsylvania or Delaware than in Michigan or the 

 West. The system of pruning adopted, as well as 

 the price of land, has something to do with the 

 distance the trees should be apart. Leave plenty 

 of room for spraying, cultivating, driving about 

 with wagons, etc. Keep the trees far enough away 

 from boundary fences, and never plant them closer 

 than 40 feet (100 feet is better) to thick woods or 

 an evergreen windbreak. Privet needs only 20 feet, 

 and in most sections is as good as any known plant 

 for windbreaks. Fillers, of course, alter the distances 

 given, as they merely occupy the ground before the 

 permanent trees get big enough. The following 

 gives the shortest distances at which permanent 

 trees should be set: 



Permanent apple trees need 50, 40, or 30 feet 

 between each other, depending on various conditions 

 named above (dwarfs 10 to 15); pears 20, 25 to 30; 

 quinces 15 to 18; peaches 13, 18, 21 to 25 feet; 

 plums 15, 20 to 25 feet; sour cherries the same as 

 peaches, and sweet cherries the same as pears (in 

 some sections 40 to 50 feet); grapes should be put 

 6 by 8 feet to 8 by 10 feet; strawberries from 18 

 inches each way to 1 by 4 feet; raspberries from 



Baldwin, the great money-making Apple of the northern 

 orchards. The fruit keeps late in prime condition 



