. The California fruits and how to grow them;. Fruit-culture. 92 CALIFORNIA FRUITS: HOW TO GROW THEM setting in squares, and the ground can be worked in three different directions. This arrangement also gives better facilities for irriga- tion. Objections are urged to it, however, in that it does not admit of thinning trees by removal of alternate rows, as is sometimes de- sirable, and that one has to take a zigzag course in driving through the orchard. Laying Out Hexagonals With a Triangle.—It is possible to lay out an orchard in hexagonal form by working from stake to stake with an equilater
. The California fruits and how to grow them;. Fruit-culture. 92 CALIFORNIA FRUITS: HOW TO GROW THEM setting in squares, and the ground can be worked in three different directions. This arrangement also gives better facilities for irriga- tion. Objections are urged to it, however, in that it does not admit of thinning trees by removal of alternate rows, as is sometimes de- sirable, and that one has to take a zigzag course in driving through the orchard. Laying Out Hexagonals With a Triangle.—It is possible to lay out an orchard in hexagonal form by working from stake to stake with an equilateral triangle of dimensions equaling the distance re- quired between the One corner of triangle—all being made alike. Take three strips of one-by-two-inch dry pine or redwood, and as long as you wish the distance between the trees. Cut the strips the same length, and fasten the corners of the triangle firmly together by nailing two pieces of pine board six by six inches. If the long strips are set up edgewise, the triangle will be much stiffer and better to carry. Through the corner boards bore an inch hole, making sure that the three sides of the triangle measure exactly the same. If they do, the triangle must necessarily be perfect. Then brace it a little by nail- ing a lath across each corner, and it is ready for use. Now split out some three-quarter-inch pins, one foot long, from good, straight-grained redwood. Make one hundred pins for each acre you have to lay off. Three persons must now carry the triangle, beginning on one side of the field, say eight feet from the fence, and guided the first time through by a line of stakes. Carry the triangle with its side to the line of guide stakes and its point in. The head man and the inside man will stick pins, while the rear man will slip his corner each time upon the pin set by the head man. After the first time across, the man at the inside point of the triangle alone will set pins, while the other two fit their corne
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