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CALIFORNIA NURSERY CO. 
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 have 
concluded to*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 carefully in between every root and fibre, filling up every 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 be¬ 
fore transplanting. 
On account of our long, hat, dry summers, we have found it beneficial to shade the sunny side of the 
tree with a board or shake stuck in the ground a few inches away from it, for the first two or three years. 
The tops should be shortened in more or less, in proportion to size and variety of tree, and condition of 
roots / 
A work, “ California Fruits and How to Grow Them,.” by Prof. E. J. Wickson ; the “ Raisin Industry,” 
by Prof. Gustav Eisen ; and “ Grape Culture and Wine-making,” by Geo. Husmann, will be found very 
useful to all horticulturists, written as they are for this Coast, and by authors of wide local experience. 
DISTANCES FOR PLANTING- 
Standard Apples. 
Standard Pears. 
Strong-growing Cherries. 
Duke and Morello Cherries 
Standard Plums and Prunes... 
Peaches and Nectarines. 
Apricots. 
Grapes . 
Currants and Gooseberries.... 
Raspberries and Blackberries... 
Strawberries for field culture... 
Strawberries for garden culture, 
, 25 to 30 feet apart each way 
20 to 25 “ 44 " 
20 to 25 44 44 11 
,18 to 20 “ 
,18 to 20 “ 44 
18 to 20. 
25 to 30 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
. 7 to 10 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
.4 by 6 
..3 to 4 by 5 to 7 
1 to 1 1 / 2 by 4 to 5 
.. 1 to 2 feet apart 
Number of Trees or Plants on an Acre at Given Distances Apart. 
Square Method. 
Equilateral 
Triangle Method. 
Distance, 
I 
foot apart each way, number plants... 
43.560 
5 <>> 3°0 
«< 
2 feet 
4 4 
4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 
10,890 
12,575 
< < 
3 
4 4 
4 4 
4 4 
it 11 11 
4,840 
5.889 
4 
“ 
2,722 
3 T 30 
5 
“ 
1,742 
2,011 
6 
4 ‘ 
* * 
1,210 
1.397 
<« 
7 
4 4 
4 4 4 < 4 4 
807 
928 
4 4 
8 
4 4 
14 
< 1 
<1 11 11 
680 
785 
9 
< < 
( « 
«< 
n it 11 
537 
620 
10 
11 11 11 
435 
502 
1 ■ 
12 
4 4 
4 4 
4 4 
a ii 11 
302 
348 
14 
4 4 
222 
256 
«1 
15 
<« 
1 ( 
a 
193 
222 
* 1 
16 
4 4 
“ 
11 
170 
195 
< 1 
18 
4 4 
4 4 
134 
154 
( 4 
20 
109 
125 
< 1 
22 
' * 
90 
104 
< 4 
24 
4 4 
4 < 
11 a 11 
75 
86 
4 4 
25 
4 < 
69 
79 
< 1 
30 
48 
55 
1 < 
35 
4 4 
35 
40 
< C 
40 
27 
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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, di¬ 
vided 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 44 square meth¬ 
od ” by the decimal .866. The result will be the number of plants required to the acre by this method. 
