. Horticulture; a text book for high schools and normals, including plant propagation; plant breeding; gardening; orcharding; small fruit growing; forestry; beautifying home grounds; the soils and enemies involved. suit; they cost more; the freight is more; a largernumber of them will die. 5. Order trees several months in advance so that you will becertain to get your choice of varieties. If possible have themshipped to you before it is time to plant. Heel them in as shownin figure 133. 6. In ordering allow some latitude in choice of varieties. Incertain groups one variety is nearly as good as
. Horticulture; a text book for high schools and normals, including plant propagation; plant breeding; gardening; orcharding; small fruit growing; forestry; beautifying home grounds; the soils and enemies involved. suit; they cost more; the freight is more; a largernumber of them will die. 5. Order trees several months in advance so that you will becertain to get your choice of varieties. If possible have themshipped to you before it is time to plant. Heel them in as shownin figure 133. 6. In ordering allow some latitude in choice of varieties. Incertain groups one variety is nearly as good as another. Allowthe nursery to substitute trees for those they cannot supply inyour list, provided they ripen at the same season. Laying Out the Orchard.—The directions for laying out theapple orchard should be read again (Fig. 134). If peaches are to be PEACHES AS FILLERS 207 planted alone and not as fillers among apple trees they may be settwenty feet apart each way, or even as close as fifteen feet eachway. The distance will depend upon (1) strength of the soil(2) type of head whether low or high, (3) system of pruning to befollowed in the care of the orchard. Close pruning will allow ofclose Fig. 132.—Peach trees just received from the nursery for planting in the orchard. Atleft are grades one, two and three of September budding. Next are two sizes of June buddedtrees. (New Jersey Station.) Peaches as Fillers.—The peach tree comes to bearing age bythe third or fourth spring after planting. Because of this quick-maturing feature the trees are often planted with apples, whichmature more slowly. The plan usually followed in this fillersystem of planting is shown in figure 136. There are three times asmany peach fillers as there are permanent apple trees. When the peach trees are about ten or twelve years old they 208 THE PEACH ORCHARD may be cut out and the ground will be fairly well occupied withapple trees. Inter-cropping.—The same principles regarding inte
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