INTRODUCTORY 
VII 
PLANT YOUNG TREES. 
We cannot too strongly recommend to our customers the procuring of young trees, 
especially for orchard planting, instead of selecting the largest that can be had, to 
secure more immediate effect. They can be taken up with more perfect roots, and will 
become sooner established in a new location. They can also be more readily trained to 
any desired shape. The largest and most successful planters invariably select young, 
thrifty trees as the surest in the end to give thorough satisfaction. 
For small grounds or street planting, when it is necessary to make a show as soon 
as possible, large trees are often more desirable, and when handled with care should 
not fail to do well, but with the general planter the average of the loss will be much 
less and both time and money will be saved if young trees are selected to commence wit h. 
Distances for Planting 
30 feet apart each way 
_20 “ 
Standard Apples 
Standard Pears and strong-growing Cherries 
Duke and Morello Cherries ... --- — 
Standard Plums, Peaches, Apricots, Nectarines 16 to 18 
Dwarf Pears .. . - . 10 to 12 
Dwarf Apples 1® to 42 
Quinces - 10 to 12 
Walnuts ... 
Grapes rows 10 to 16 feet apart; 7 to 16 feet in rows 
Currants and Gooseberries 4 a P art 
Raspberries and Blackberries 3 to 4 by 5 to 7 feet 
Strawberries for field culture 1 by 3 to 34 feet 
Strawberries for garden culture. 1 t0 2 feet a P art 
Number of Trees or Plants on an Acre 
Distance -1 foot apart each way, number of plants 
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Square 
Method 
43,560 
10,890 
4,840 
2,725 
1,745 
1,210 
680 
435 
305 
195 
170 
135 
110 
70 
50 
35 
27 
Hexagonal or 
Equilateral 
Triangle Method 
50,300 
12,575 
5,890 
3,145 
2,010 
1,600 
785 
505 
350 
225 
190 
155 
125 
80 
55 
40 
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