. The fruit-growers guide-book. en the trees in the rows. Thedistance apart at which any variety of fruit should be setwill depend largely on the distance at which the plantercares to set them, and to some extent on the habit of thevariety and on the soil. Missouri Pippin and Wagenerapples can be set closer together than varieties having thewide spreading habit of Mammoth Black Twig. With apples, the customary distance for planting variessomewhat with the section of the country, being wider 2S The Fruit-Growers Guide-Book apart in the Eastern states than in the far Western. Inthe far Western s
. The fruit-growers guide-book. en the trees in the rows. Thedistance apart at which any variety of fruit should be setwill depend largely on the distance at which the plantercares to set them, and to some extent on the habit of thevariety and on the soil. Missouri Pippin and Wagenerapples can be set closer together than varieties having thewide spreading habit of Mammoth Black Twig. With apples, the customary distance for planting variessomewhat with the section of the country, being wider 2S The Fruit-Growers Guide-Book apart in the Eastern states than in the far Western. Inthe far Western states apples are frequently set as closeas twenty feet, while in the extreme East they will bedouble or treble this distance. The usual, and perhaps thebest distance apart for apples in commercial orchards, isabout thirty feet. At this distance there will be ampleroom between the trees for a number of years after they OOOO oooooo o o ooo ooooo o ooo 0 o cooo oo ooooo ooooooo \*r30-) i 1- oooooooo oooooooo oooooooo o o o o o o o. Diagram of an orchard with trees planted in system gives greatest amount of room between rows. come into bearing. With pears the distance can be some-what less, as most varieties are of a more upright habitthan the apple. Peaches are generally set about eighteenor twenty feet apart, although when trained with an opencenter it crowds the trees after they have reached theirmaturity. Before laying out the orchard it is always best to figureout how the trees can be arranged to best advantage. Theyought to be set so as to allow of ample room around the Laying Out the Orchard 2*cf sides to do the necessary work without crowding againstthe boundary fence. It is better always to plant the treesso that they have the same, or nearly the same, distanceon all sides, rather than to have twice the distance in onedirection as in the other. There are a number of different ways of laying out anorchard and some of the simple plans are very us
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