Show PLANTING APPLE ericha ORCHARDS dont crowd the standard trees and st ses all kinds ien alili A very general ge itle I 1 in it setting out apple tr trees ees is 19 to L le ile e trees SO 0 feet apart each way of I 1 alte te years in modern methods of treating nipples forense t anti troubles come i claim ahat this epa depaco nce iq ii sufficient ono of this class expresses AS its follows tn in a letter to ohio farmer tho the standard th thrifty efty sorts will do bost lien planted 11 II ia feet each way ahra ta distance is is being advocated by the ilia befit t I 1 A 4 A V a diac lur OI of 0 aarle nAnD posted horticulturists of the ho day 43 45 feet is much better than two rods tho the common w way ay lit in northern ohio 0 by 40 does very well wide row endways to the aun this will allow for any possible dei demands rands of spraying when tho trees aro are fully grown closer than this will not do nor is there any profit in crowding the land if tho the cices tices are wide ap chop op ping and culter cultivating eting may bo be kept up much longer which if properly done 19 is 9 no doubt beneficial to alie orchard when planted wide V i id e peach trees may be plant planted between if it is de able and will bo be lone dono bearing before they aro sro in tho the way of the apples if the land can support them apple trees may be planted thirty to thirty five feet each way and as soon as they begin to get harmed by crowding half of t them hem may be removed by cutting out every other row diagonally see diagram the low lower C r pat part t of the diagram represents half an orchard j IOU trees set close the upper part shows half of tho the trees removed in rows diagonally every other row treba originally set thirty feet apart will be forty two feet when half of them are taken out in this marine manner those set two rods will bo be forty six feet and when planted canted thirty uvo feet apart will be forty nino nine feet when thinned out this way which last is just the right distarce distance for large strong matured trees it will bo be I 1 easily noted how bow quick grov growing ing find and early matured lands kinds which are generally smaller when f ull full grown maybe may be set ir the places which call tor for removal getting tinga a few years of the best bearing portion of their existence thus giving the slow gr growing oni 11 9 R and ud late maturing sorts the floor when they most need it peaches may be put in the spot for removal if thought best there is ver very T much miach to recommend this plan rt at least where it is ia desirable to have all the land occupied by trees and the owner awner has the sand to use the ax when the right light time comes set the trees all leaning toward the southwest direction from which prevail preval ing wind blows A very I 1 little ittle observation va of orchards which have been planted some gome years will convince any ono one of the necessity of using this precaution it if you set the trees perpendicular they will soon all lean over to the northeast set them leaning 20 begs to southwest and they will gradually straighten so that when grown they will mill be straight up better shaped tops nad and straighter straight cr trunks will invariably result |