. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. lOI I BETTER FRUIT Page. The Olson Orchard Coal Heater in Action in the Grand Valley, Colorailci Manufactured by The Colorado Fruit and Commercial Company, Grand Junction, Colorado where the trees stood, but the problem of thinning out the tillers had to be solved, and to take out a part of them would not leave those remaining equally distant apart, as anyone can easily see by making a draft of the plan. This was an objection that I did not fully foresee, and I had to make the best of it. During a long talk with my old friend, Fred Wellhouse, the great apple king
. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. lOI I BETTER FRUIT Page. The Olson Orchard Coal Heater in Action in the Grand Valley, Colorailci Manufactured by The Colorado Fruit and Commercial Company, Grand Junction, Colorado where the trees stood, but the problem of thinning out the tillers had to be solved, and to take out a part of them would not leave those remaining equally distant apart, as anyone can easily see by making a draft of the plan. This was an objection that I did not fully foresee, and I had to make the best of it. During a long talk with my old friend, Fred Wellhouse, the great apple king of Kansas, we devised a plan that has since withstood the test of time, and seems to be without a fault. If there is one I am ready to see it and make any change that may seem to be for the better. The hexagonal system had to be abandoned entirely and a system of planting in plain squares adopted. From a sys- tem of equilateral triangles the change was made to a system of equilateral rectangles. Theoretically the trees may seem to cover the space more eco- nomically, and certainly do so more evenly, but practically there is no dif- ference for the roots ramify the entire soil between the trees and the branches fill all the air space that they should occupy, and leave suflicient light to varify the foliage and color the fruit. The plan may be very properly called the progressive filler system because of the ease and practicability of working it out from start to finish. The accompanying diagram will show it almost at a glance. The plan is made after the most simple fashif)n, in plain squares, and it does not matter if the rows run square with the work or at any desired angle to suit the location of the orchard. The distance apart may and should differ according to the kinds of trees and where they are to be planted. For most fruit trees, and over the greater part of the country, twenty-five feet is the proper distance apart. This I have decided after many years of practice and
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