. The principles of fruit-growing, with applications to practice. Fruit-culture. 198 The Principles of Fruit-growing without difficulty upon the sandy soils after the outside rows have been established. Upon the stony mountain soils or upon the red shale, more time will be required to set the ; Figs. 48, 49, 50, show Blake's Fig. 48. Furrowing for the planting of peach trees. How to get the rows straight may be discussed here in more detail. Three ways are quoted from H. E. Van Deman: "To lay out with the plow.—Before doing anything, one must decide which style or arra
. The principles of fruit-growing, with applications to practice. Fruit-culture. 198 The Principles of Fruit-growing without difficulty upon the sandy soils after the outside rows have been established. Upon the stony mountain soils or upon the red shale, more time will be required to set the ; Figs. 48, 49, 50, show Blake's Fig. 48. Furrowing for the planting of peach trees. How to get the rows straight may be discussed here in more detail. Three ways are quoted from H. E. Van Deman: "To lay out with the plow.—Before doing anything, one must decide which style or arrangement of the trees is to be followed and the distance apart to plant them. This having been decided, the first thing to be done is to establish a base Une, which should be along a fence, road or some other permanent border of the tract to be planted. Prepare enough small spUt stakes, that may be easily seen, to put at each end of every tree-row; that is, enough to go entirely around the tract. Then, set a stake firmly at a spot which shall be the first established corner of the outside limits of the orchard. It must, however, be set at a spot which shaE also be the end of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954. New York : Macmillan
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