SUITABLE DISTANCE FOR PLANTING 
Apples—30 to 40 feet apart each way. 
Standard Pears and Cherries—20 feet apart each way. 
Plums, Peaches and Apricots—18 to 22 feet apart each 
way. 
Dwarf Pears and Quinces—10 to 12 feet apart each 
way. 
Grapes—rows of 10 to 16 feet apart; 7 to 10 feetin rows. 
Currants and Gooseberries—4 feet apart, 
Raspberries and Blackberries—3 to 4 by 5 to 7 feet. 
Strawberries, for field culture—l by 3 to 3, feet. 
Strawberries, for garden culture—l to 2 feet apart. 
Asparagus, for field culture—l8 to 24 inches by 3/2 to 
feet. 
Asparagus, for garden culture—18 to 24 inches apart 
each way. 
NUMBER OF TREES OR PLANTS TO THE ACRE 
40 feet apart each way oe ee eee are 28 
30 feet apart each) !way coo. i oh a ae 48 
20 feet apart each) way eile eee 110 
18 feet apart each way Vac eee Ge eee 135 
15 feet apart each: way /i5),4e 0s oa eee 205 
12: feet apart ecehy Wary 55a) oie ee Wile eater 300 
10 feet apart each way ............ ee NAC Pinan 435 
8 feet apart each’ way ..uL ae ee ee eee 680 
6 feet apart eachiwerye io ice ca tae eee ee ee 1,210 
© feet apart edch way 7.) 0), 20 sii, sees aes Whee 1,745 
4 feet/apart each way: 60.600 cae 2720 
3 feet apart each way. oo on oe eee 4,840 
RULE—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, which, divided into the number of square 
feet in an acre (43,560), will give the number of plants 
or trees to the acre. 
STATEMENT OF INSPECTION FOR TRUENESS- 
TO-NAME 
‘ Amherst, Mass. 
To Whom It May Concern: July 19, 1950 
All of the apple, pear, and 2-year sour cherry 
varieties propagated and now growing at Root's 
Nurseries, Manheim, Pennsylvania have been 
examined by the Massachusetts Trueness-to- 
name Inspection Service. To the best of our 
knowledge, these trees are true to name as 
they now stand in the nursery row. 
A. P. FRENCH 
We invite you to come to the nursery 
and select your stock before it is dug. 
