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CALIFORNIA NURSERY COMPANY 
Hints on Transplanting 
The many excellent treatises on Fruit Culture which have appeared within the past few years—one or more of 
which should be in the hands of every person intending to plant—render it almost unnecessary to give any directions in 
that line; yet we are so frequently asked for advice in this way, that we offer a few general remarks. 
The situation of the orchard having been decided on, the ground should be deeply plowed, subsoiled and thoroughly 
pulverized. The holes should be dug at least a foot larger in every direction than actually required by the roots when 
spread out in their natural position. In planting, the top soil should be broken down into the hole, and worked care¬ 
fully in between every root and fiber, filling up ever crevice, that every root may be in contact with soil, and the whole 
made quite firm as the filling up progresses. The tree, when planted, may in light soils stand from two’ to three inches 
deeper than it stood in the nursery; but in heavy clay or wet ground it is advisable to have it stand at the same height 
as it was before transplanting. 
On account of our long, hot, dry summers, it is well to shade the sunny side of the tree, to keep borers out, with a 
board or shake stuck in the ground, or a piece of burlap wound loose around the tree up to the limbs, top tied loose 
with a string. Whitewash made out of whiting or linie will also protect the tree against 8un-.scald. 
See end of Catalog for list of useful horticultural books we have on hand for sale. 
Distance for Planting 
Standard Apples . 
Standard Pears . 
Strong-growing Cherries . 
Duke and Morello Cherries . 
Standard Plums and Prunes . 
Peaches and Nectarines . 
Apricots . 
Almonds. 
Walnuts. 
Grapes. 
Currants and Gooseberries . 
Raspberries and Blackberries . 
Strawberries for field culture . 
Strawberries for garden culture , . , 
. 25 to 30 feet apart each way 
20 to 24 feet apart each way 
.20 to 24 feet apart each way 
18 to 20 feet apart each way 
20 to 24 feet apart each way 
20 to 24 feet apart each way 
. 24 to 30 feet apart each way 
24 to 30 feet apart each way 
40 to 50 feet apart each way 
, 7 to 10 feet apart each way 
...4 by 6 feet 
.3 to 4 by 5 to 7 feet 
.1 to by 4 to 5 feet 
.1 to 2 feet apart 
NUMBER OF TREES OR PLANTS ON AN ACRE AT GIVEN DISTANCE APART. 
Square Method 
Equilateral 
Triangle Method 
Distance, 
H 
1 
43,500 
50,300 
o 
feet 
a 
^ ii 
it 
it 
it 
* it 
10,890 
12,375 
ii 
ii 
a 
it 
a 
it 
4,840 
5,889 
u 
4 
a 
ii 
a 
ti 
a 
tt 
2,722 
3,130 
u 
5 
u 
H 
it 
it 
if 
it 
1,742 
2,011 
il 
6 
ii 
ii 
ti 
ti 
it 
it 
1,210 
1,397 
ii 
7 
u 
ii 
it 
it 
it 
n 
807 
928 
u 
8 
ii 
ii 
ti 
it 
a 
tt 
680 
785 
u 
9 
ii 
ii 
it 
it 
it 
it 
537 
620 
it 
10 
ii 
ti 
ti 
ii 
it 
it 
435 
502 
ii 
12 
ii 
H 
it 
ii 
a 
it 
302 
348 
u 
14 
ii 
{( 
it 
ii 
it 
il 
222 
256 
ii 
1 5 
u 
ii 
it 
it 
it 
it 
193 
222 
ii 
16 
ii 
ii 
it 
it 
it 
it 
170 
195 
ii 
18 
a 
it 
it 
it 
ii 
it 
134 
154 
a 
20 
u 
ii 
ti 
tt 
it 
it 
109 
125 
it 
22 
ii 
ii 
ti 
it 
it 
it 
90 
104 
a 
24 
ii 
ii 
ti 
ii 
it 
it 
75 
86 
ii 
25 
ii 
U 
it 
n 
ii 
a 
69 
79 
ii 
30 
it 
it 
ii 
it 
a 
it 
48 
65 
ii 
35 
a 
ii 
it 
it 
ii 
it 
35 
40 
u 
40 
ii 
ii 
it 
ii 
a 
it 
27 
31 
ii 
50 
ii 
a 
ii 
ti 
ti 
it 
18 
20 
Rule — Square Method — Multiply the distance in feet between the rows by the distance the plants are apart in 
the rows, and the product will be the number of square feet for each plant or hill, which, divided into the number of 
feet in an acre (43,560), will give the number of plants or trees to the acre. 
Rule—Equilateral Triangle Method —Divide the number required to the acre “square method” by the decimal 
.866. The result will be the number of plants required to the acre by this method. 
