SPACING FRUIT 
Fruit trees are planted 
Apple, Standard .... 30 by 30-ft. like any other deciduous 
Apple, Dwarf ....... 10 by 10 ft. pee 
Cherry 25 by 25 tt. TeceOtesney 
Peach or Plum ...... 20 by 20 ft. 
Pear, Standard ...... 25 by 25 ft. For the most part they need some care, but those most labor-saving 
A ae ee, Ne include: Crab-apples, Bush-cherry, Blueberry, Blackberry, nut trees and 
meuage re ne ei (in regular fruit) the dwarfed forms rather than the standard trees. 
Chestnut eee An orchard so planned can produce a full crop and yet be less than 
half as much work and expense as an unplanned orchard. 
Care Needed for Espaliers 
Ten to twelve feet is the maximum height to which true 
dwarf Espaliers will grow. Little pruning is needed— 
beyond keeping the small new spurs from reaching more 
than six inches outside of the main stems. When a spur 
fhas borne it will continue to bear. Pick the stem with 
the fruit. 
Peaches are an exception: fruit grows only on last sea- 
son’s wood. Keep two spurs coming at every four inch 
interval along the stem. In March, prune one back and 
let the other fruit. Then, when fruited, cut it back and 
from the other by then there should be two new ones 
for the following year’s crop. 
Watering and fertilizing are unnecessary except in very 
poor soil indeed. Spray for disease as with any fruit 
tree. 
In planting against a wall, place the tree six inches away 
and allow 18 inches root space—requiring a space in all 
two feet out from the wall- 
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U-Form Four-Arm Fan-Shayed 
4 to & feat 5-6 ft. (heavy) 6 to 8 feet 
Anples (4 feet wide) (8 feet wide) 
Pears Apples Plums 
Peaches Pears Peaches 
Nectarines Plums Nectarines 
Apricots (No others) Apricots The price—espalier growing takes years of training 
$11:25 each $16.75 each $16.75 each in the nursery to make it easy for YOU. Prices are 
on reasonable when costs are considered. 
