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This planting plan is one of the simplest and best we 
have seen. The permanent trees are planted 24 by 32 feet, 
with a filler tree in the 32-foot space. This gives 54 per¬ 
manent trees and 54 fillers to the acre. We follow this 
method on our own orchards. 
orchards and ■would * O • o • O 
plant no other way. 
(See diagrams.) 
Dynamite is the 
thing with which to dig 
holes for new trees, to 
break up the whole soil 
3 or 4 feet deep every 
few years, and to help 
renovate old orchards, 
because it will do these 
things more cheaply and 
better than they can be 
done by any other ? I<— 3 a ft. 
means. If you have • o ® o 
fruit trees which seem to 
be standing still and 
which do not bear, no 
matter how big they are, 
properly explode a 
charge in the soil around or between them, and the trees will likely get to work. 
In a bearing orchard, a proper charge midway between trees is always safe 
and generally effective. 
How much dynamite to use, _what kind, how deep and how far apart the 
holes should be, are details which are decided by simple experiments in the 
kind of soil to be loosened. Dynamite manufacturers will supply all the infor¬ 
mation needed. They have issued several practical handbooks for distribution. 
Distances for Planting. Every orchardist seems to have his own ideas about 
the distance apart that his trees should stand. The best modern practice shows 
that 24 by 32 feet for apple trees gives ample space for cultivating, spraying, 
and picking. On the 32-foot line a filler tree can be planted, with the idea that 
the fillers are to be cut out before they interfere with the growth of the per¬ 
manent trees. For this purpose use any of the early-maturing peaches; 
Dutchess, Wealthy, Grimes, York Imperial, and Yellow Transparent apples 
are desirable because of their upright growth and early-fruiting habit. 
Another common distance is 40 by 40 feet; this has many supporters among 
practical orchard men, but our experience in our own orchards is in favor of the 
24 by 32-foot plan. 
The bush fruits-;—currants, raspberries, etc.—can be used as intercrops and 
permitted to remain for five or six years. Strawberries, too, are successfully 
.grown between the fruit trees, and many orchardists make good money from a 
planting of tomatoes. The land between the trees ought to be used—and can 
be^—for at least five years. , 
When you invest the $50 to $100 an acre that it takes to plant an orchard 
It is always well to use dynamite when planting trees in heavy soil, or when there is 
hard earth a few feet beneath the surface. It loosens the subsoil, makes it porous, and 
provides room for root-growth. The loosened soil insures good drainage and conserves 
moisture for the feeding-roots. 
