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SUCCESS IN FRUIT-GROWING 
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WHEN 
TO PLANT 
Fall planting is advantageous where newly 
set trees are not apt to be injured by cold 
winter. The advantages of fall planting arc : 
The ground is warm and the trees can start growing as soon 
as spring comes; there is usually less work pressing for atten- 
tion than in the spring; there is no question about securing 
just the varieties and sizes required; spring often comes with 
a rush and planting may be delayed from one cause or another. 
The objections to fall planting are: The difficulty of getting 
trees that have matured naturally in the nursery and of judging when 
the ground is in proper condition. Fall planting should be done when 
the ground is neither too wet nor too dry, and at least a week i5efore the 
ground freezes. In the northern half of the United States, generally speak- 
ing, it is not advisable to plant the more tender kinds, such as peach, plums, 
cherry, in the fall unless protection is provided by mounding up the dirt over 
the tops or by using straw or similar material. It is often a good plan to 
have the trees shipped in the fall and "to heel" them out so as to have them 
ready to set out early in the spring. In any case, the ground can be prepared 
and the holes dug in the fall unless the soil is heavy clay. 
The map on page 10 indicates the general horticultural divisions of the United States. 
Spring planting is best in sections 1, 2, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 18. Either fall or spring 
planting is satisfactory in districts numbered 3, 4, IS. Fall, winter, or spring planting is 
satisfactory in districts numbered 5, 6, 7, 16, 17. It is much better to plant in the spring 
than to lose a season's growth by waiting until the next fall. 
HOW FAR APART 
TO PLANT 
That depends upon many things — the kind, the variety, the soih 
the purpose, etc. For instance, in some orchards in the East, 
Rhode Island Greenings are planted 60 feet apart, with more 
upright-growing, young-bearing, shorter-lived varieties of apple in between as fillers. 
Other kinds of fruit trees and plants are set in the spaces between apple trees. To produce good fruit, trees need plenty of 
room for light and air, and the spraying, cultivation, etc., are then more easily and economically done. When the trees are 
once established, it is too late to give them more room. 
Reports made by B, F. Warren, of the Cornell Station, New York, of a four-year average: Trees planted 30 by 35 feet 
averaged 186 bushels per acre. Trees planted 35 by 35 feet averaged 222 bushels per acre. Trees planted 40 by 45 feet 
averaged 229 bushels per acre. 
NUMBER OF TREES OR SHRUBS REQUIRED TO 
SET ONE ACRE 
PLANTING DISTANCE 
Apple Usual distance 32 to 40 ft. 
Apricot 16 to 20 ft. each way 
A^paragxjs 1 to 2 ft. between plants, in rows 3 J to 3 ft. apart 
Blackberries 2 to 5 ft. between plants, in rows 5 to 7 ft. apart 
Cherry, Sour Sorts 16 to 20 ft. each way 
Cherry, Sweet Sorts 20 to 30 ft. each way 
Currant 4 ft. between plants, in rows 5 ft. apart 
Gooseberries 4 ft. between plants, in rows 5 ft. apart 
Grape ' 8 to 10 ft. apart each way 
Hedge Plants 1 to 2 ft. apart 
Ornamentals — The plantine distance for ornamentals varies with the kind 
of shrub or bush and the purpose for which it is used. Roses should 
be planted about 2 feet apart, hedge plants about 1 foot, other shrubs 
about one-third to one-half their height when full grown. 
Peach 16 to 20 ft. each way 
Plum 16 to 20 ft. each way 
Pear, Dwarf 10 to 15 ft. each way 
Pear, Standard 20 to 30 ft. each way 
On good soil, the strong-growing Japanese sorts should be planted 
not less than 20 ft. 
guince 10 to 16 ft. each way 
aapberries. Black 3 ft. between plants, in rows 6 ft. apart 
Some prefer Black Raspberries 6 x 6 ft. 
Raspberries, Red 2 to 3 ft. between plants, in rows 5 to 6 ft. apart 
Rhubarb 3 ft. between plants, in rows 4 ft. apart 
Strawberries Usual distance, IJ to 2 ft. between plants, 
in rows 3J to 4 ft. apart. 
Feet In. 
1 
2 
2 
3 
3 
3x8. 
8 11,880 
8. 
6,940 
4,356 
4,840 
2,420 
1 " " 
2 
I 
1, 
1 
1 
8 X 10. 
10 X 10. 
Feet 
10 X 12 363 
12 X 12 302 
12 X 16 226 
16 X 16 170 
18 X 18 134 
815 20 X 20 108 
722 20 X 80 72 
815 24 X 24 75 
742 25 X 25 69 
089 SO X 30 49 
210 82 X 32 42 
907 34 X 34 37 
680 36 X 36 33 
544 38 X 38 ' 30 
435 40 X 40 27 
To determine the number of trees per acre for any given distance, 
multiply the distance between the trees in the row by the width of the 
row. Take the resulting answer and divide 43,560 by it. The resulting 
figure will give you the number of trees per acre. 
For example: To determine the number of trees, planted 30 x 30 
required to set one acre. 30X30= 900. 43,560X900 = 49 trees per acre. 
A good alte, wall drained. 
properly spaced and planted 
