March  12,  1903. 
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Fig.  1.— Arrangements  of  fruit  trees  and  bushes  in  mixed  plantations. 
A,  to  form  a  profitable  Apple  orchard  laid  to  grass  when  permanent  trees  in  remunerative  production  ;  a,  slanda-d  Apple  trees  on  free  stock,  £2  feet  distant  from 
boundary  and  apart,  arranged  in  squares  ;  b,  standard  Damson  or  hardy  free-bearing  Plum  trees,  11  feet  distance  apart  and  just  witliin  line  of  fence  ; 
c,  rows  of  (looseberry  bushes  between  the  Apple  lines  ;  d,  row  of  Gooseberry  bushes^^ia  same  line  as  the  Apple  trees,  the  Gooseberries  being  6^  feet 
apart  each  way  ;  e,  fence. 
B,  to  form  a  profitable  Apple  orchard  laid  to  gta=s  ultimately  : /,  standard  Apple  trees,  outride  row  and  cml  trees  of  alternate  rows  11  feet  from  boundary,  22  fee 
between  rows  and  trees  in  row,  arranged  “opposite  Aa'auc>”  or  diagonally  to  form  tiia-gles,  not  eiuilale  al  ;  p,  rows  of  Itaspberries  between  the 
Apple  lines  ;  h,  outside  row  of  Itaspberries  ;  i,  row  of  Kaspberries  in  line  of' Apple  trees,  the  lows  of  Raspberries  5i  feet  apart,  and  the  planes  in  each 
row  16|  inches  apart ;  j,  quickset  hedge. 
C,  to  form  a  plantation  of  half  standard  Plum  trees;  k,  half-standard  Plum  lr:e-,  outside  aid  end  tiees  of  alterna'e  rows  S|  feet  from  fence,  16J  feet  between 
rows  and  trees  in  row;  I,  two  rows  of  Currants  between  rows  of  Plums  ;  m,  one  row  of  Currants  in  the  line  of  Plums,  the  Currants  feet  apart; 
m,  row  of  Strawbeiries  in  Currant  and  Plum  lines;  it,  row  of  strawbei  r'.es  between  Currant  and  Plum  rows;  o,  rows  of  Strawberries  outside  Plum 
trees  and  Currant  bushes,  the  rows  2  feet  9  inches  apart,  and  the  plants  IG^  inches  asunler  in  the  row;  p,  fence.  The  arrangement  is  that  commonly 
called  qnincqnx',  but  is  really  “opposite  vacancy.” 
1),  to  form  a  plantation  of  half-standanl  Apple  and  Plum  ties:  q,  half-sf  andr  r  I  Apple  on  Doucin  or  ether  approved  dwarfing,  yet  hardy,  stock,  or  Plum  trees, 
the  Apples  alternating  with  the  l^lums  in  the  row,  or  in  altenute  rows— a  Plum  and  an  Apple  row,  outside  row  and  end  trees  8\  feet  from  fence, 
IGj  feet  between  rows  and  in  line,  the  arrangement  being  the  “square;”  r.  Nut  bushes  in  lines  of  Apple  and  Plum  trees,  one  between  every  two 
^  trees  ;  s,  BJack  Currants,  5k  feet  apart  ;  f,  “  feathered  ”  Dainsan  trees  just  within  boundary,  feet  apart,  those  opposite  the  Apjfie  or  Plum  trees 
being  removed  when  the  Apple  or  Plum  trees  le  luire  the  space;  it,  fence  or  hedge,  as  may  be  considered  desirable. 
