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Show Allow Ample Space for Moisture Among Trees In planting currants and gooseberries, gooseber-ries, it is quite common to find these set over against the fence or grass growing border of the garden. In some few instances this plan is all right; but where moisture Is scarce these plants should be set in rows where they can be cultivated on both sides, having a space of nearly 10 feet between any plant and other crops. If planting apple trees at the same time and setting these rows 30 feet or more apart, as they should be to do the best in later years one row of the small fruits may be planted midway mid-way between each two rows of apple trees. These will have passed their best years by the time that the apple trees have reached a size that requires all the space between for drawing on for moisture, so they may be dug out |