. The California fruits and how to grow them. two feet long, and it is ready for use. Take a second wire one hundred and ninety-three feet long, and beginning threefeet from the end, attach thirteen marks at equal distances of fifteen feet and seveninches, and fasten the ends to stakes as above. The length of this line between theextreme marks will be one hundred and eighty-seven feet, and the length of the firstline will be two hundred and seven feet. When trees are planted eighteen feet apart,in equilateral triangles, the rows will be fifteen thousand five hundred and eighty-eight feet dista
. The California fruits and how to grow them. two feet long, and it is ready for use. Take a second wire one hundred and ninety-three feet long, and beginning threefeet from the end, attach thirteen marks at equal distances of fifteen feet and seveninches, and fasten the ends to stakes as above. The length of this line between theextreme marks will be one hundred and eighty-seven feet, and the length of the firstline will be two hundred and seven feet. When trees are planted eighteen feet apart,in equilateral triangles, the rows will be fifteen thousand five hundred and eighty-eight feet distant from each other. This can be ascertained if the trees are set atany distance apart, by obtaining the square of the distance, and from it subtract thesquare of one-half the distance, and the square root of the remainder will be the dis-tance between rows. To lay out and mark for planting a square field of ten acres proceed as follows:Take eight redwood fence posts seven feet long that are free from knots. Saw them *PnciJic Rural Press, iS. ^aii.^t A Ten-A ere Orchard in Hexas:ons. 129 into five pieces of equal lengths and split them into stakes of about three-cjuartersinch square, and they will make about one thousand four hundred stakes (the numberdesired), and these are to be set in the exact position in which the trees are to beplanted. Two parallel avenues should run through the field dividing it into three plots ofequal size. This can be done by leaving out one row of trees to form the avenue. Sufficient distance should be left lietween the trees and fence to allow a team topass along without coming in contact with the trees when full grown. Fruit canthen be collected and placed on conveyances either on the avenues or along the lineof the fence, without carrying by hand a distance of more than one hundred feet fromcenter of plots. * n >•»•««
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