Feet 



Square 



apart 



method 



40 



27 trees 



35 



35 trees 



30 



50 trees 



25 



70 trees 



20 



110 trees 



18 



135 trees 



15 * 



195 trees 



12 



305 trees 



Triangular 

 method 



Feet 



Square 



apart 



method 



31 trees 



10 



435 trees 



40 trees 



8 



680 trees 



55 trees 



6 



1,210 trees 



80 trees 



5 



1,745 trees 



125 trees 



4 



2,722 trees 



155 trees 



3 



4,840 trees 



225 trees 



2 



10,890 trees 



350 trees 



1 



43,560 trees 



10 HARRISONS' NURSERIES 



and care for it five years, you want to make it pay as much as possible and as 

 quickly as possible. It is a plain business proposition. Because of this, we say 

 plant two or three of the best-paying varieties and then grow crops between the 

 rows. We advise every planter of an apple orchard to put peach trees between 

 the apple trees as fillers for the first eight or ten years, if you want to grow 

 peaches and the land is suited to peaches. If the land is not adapted for peaches, 

 plant Apple fillers and grow beans, peas, tomatoes, early potatoes, or other 

 vegetables between the rows of trees for two or three years. The use of fillers 

 and intercrops will make your orchard pay from the very beginning. Early 

 bearing of fruit trees depends somewhat on treatment but to a larger extent on 

 the varieties planted. York Imperial and Yellow Transparent, especially, will 

 bear abundantly when they are from four to six years old. 



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: 



Triangular 



method 



505 trees 



775 trees 



1,600 trees 



2,010 trees 



3,145 trees 



5,590 trees 



12,575 trees 



50,300 trees 



Trees sometimes can be planted to advantage farther apart one way than 

 another. Tc 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. ) 



Cultivation of Orchards. Cultivation keeps the trees supplied with avail- 

 able plant-food and saves moisture. Young orchards of any kind always should 

 be cultivated clean, from early spring until in July. Plow or tear up the soil as 

 soon as ground is dry enough to work, harrow after every rain, and every week 

 or ten days until it is time to sow the cover-crop or mulch for winter. Keep 

 them hustling. 



Cover-Crops. A cover-crop should be sown in the latter part of the summer, 

 when trees have made their growth for the year, and when both fruit and trees 

 have begun to ripen. Cover-crops hold the soil together and keep it from leach- 

 ing out and gullying, and also newly sown plants take up water in great amounts 

 and take it away from the trees. This is the thing desired at this time, for tree- 

 growth needs a check then. Young plants require a great deal of nitrogen, but 

 less potash and phosphorus. As the cover-crop grows, it feeds largely on the 

 nitrogen, leaving much potash and phosphorus for the trees just when they 

 need them most. Cowpeas, vetch, rye, and the clovers make excellent cover- 

 cxops. 



Fertilizing. Stable manure is one of the best fertilizers for feeding a young 

 growing orchard. Scatter the manure on top of the ground around the trees, at 

 least as far from the trunks as the branches extend so that the fine fibrous roots 

 can take up the fertilizing elements. 



Make your soil fine and loose before you add fertilizer, and you will not need 

 to add so much. No two pieces of land are alike in plant-food needs. Learn to 

 know what elements are lacking, and supply them in right proportions. 



Potash, nitrogen, and phosphoric acid are the plant-foods that have to be 

 supplied? Nitrogen usually is best obtained through leguminous cover-crops. 

 Potash and phosphorus have to be supplied in chemical form. 



Nitrogen is the growing material, making wood and size in fruit; potash goes 

 into fruit largely, making flavor and color; phosphoric acid goes into wood and 

 seeds, but only a fifth as much of it is used as of potash. 



Get plant-foods on the ground evenly, over a space at least twice as wide as 

 the branches cover, and apply them at the right season. 



Double crops pay, but you must supply plant-food and moisture for every- 

 thing that grows on the land. Do not rob the trees. 



At prices quoted, trees are delivered at Berlin freight or express office 



