64 Honjer N. Chase & Co., Geneva, N. Y. 
NUMBER OF PLANTS ON AN ACRE. AT VARIOUS DISTANCES 
4 feet apart, each way 2.723 
5 " " i'743 
6 " " 1,210 
8 " " 680 
10 " " 430 
12 " " 302 
IS " " '94 
18 " " 135 
20 " " 110 
25 " " 70 
•lo " " 48 
To estimate the number of plants required for an acre, at any given distance, multiply the 
distance between the rows by the distance between the plants, which will give the number of 
square feet allotted to each plant, and divide the number of square feet in an acre (43.560) hy this 
number. The quotient will be the number of plants required. 
SUITABLE DISTANCES FOR PLANTING 
Apples, Standard 25 to 35 feet apart, each way 
Pears, Standard 16 to 20 " " " 
Dwarf 10 to 12 " 
Cherries, Sweet 18 to 20 " 
Sour 16 to 18 " " " 
Plums, Standard 16 to 20 " 
Peaches 16 to 18 " 
Apricots 16 to 18 " " " 
Nectarines 16 to 18 
Quinces loto 12 " 
Currants 3 4 " 
Gooseberries 3 4 
Raspberries 3 5 " " 
Blackberries 6 to 7 " " " 
Grapes 8 to 12 " 
HOMER N. CHASE & CO., Geneva, N. Y. 
