. Fruit culture in foreign countries. Reports, from the consuls of the United States, on fruit culture in their several districts, in answer to a circular from the Department of State. Fruit-culture. ORANG'IiS IN WKSTKRN ANDALUSIA. )7l trees jter hectare (1 hectare= acres), uiid allowing only i> the number will be 276. The mode of phmting usually resorted to is in parallel lines (here called " marco real"), the distance between such lines being equal to the interval between tiie trees, thus causing each four trees to occupy the four angles of a perfect square, A, as
. Fruit culture in foreign countries. Reports, from the consuls of the United States, on fruit culture in their several districts, in answer to a circular from the Department of State. Fruit-culture. ORANG'IiS IN WKSTKRN ANDALUSIA. )7l trees jter hectare (1 hectare= acres), uiid allowing only i> the number will be 276. The mode of phmting usually resorted to is in parallel lines (here called " marco real"), the distance between such lines being equal to the interval between tiie trees, thus causing each four trees to occupy the four angles of a perfect square, A, as showu in the diagram. The objection to this mode is, that supposing the roots to extend in circles, it leaves between each such four circles a large space unutilized save by roots of a length greater than the radius of the circle. In order to reduce this loss the " diamond " plan is resorted to (^rf,s> ImliJlo), which the second diagram illustrates. The equilateral. Treabolillo. triangle B serves as a basis in this plan, and it is evident that the spaces between the circles are considerably reduced, as compared with the arrangement in squares. Sites and soils.—The orange tree, which in the interior of Andalusia is hardly found beyond latitude 37° 30', thrives on the Mediterranean coast of Spain up to 42°. This is explained by the well-known modera- ting influence which the vicinity of large bodies of water has upon the climate; It is generally admitted that orange culture can not well be carried on where the mean winter temperature is much below 9° to 10° centigrade, or where a fall below —4° centigrade is experienced. The trees are injuredby lengthened periods of cold weather, especially when accompanied by frost and snow. These facts would of themselves afford the grower some guidance in the selection of a proper situation. There. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability -
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