Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-07-04
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
ACRicULJysIsT4
Some Vp-to-Dste Hints about Caitivar
ton OF the Soil and Yields Thereof
Horticulturs. yiuoulturs aud Fioricui-
ture


Distance of Planting.
Prof. L. r. Taft says: In setting
trees the following distances will be
found desirable under ordinary condi-
lions. Apples, thirty-fve to forty feet;
pears, standard, twenty-five feet;
pears. dwarf, fifteen feet; plums, eight
cen to twenty feet; peaches, twenty
Feet; cherries sweet, twenty-five feet;
cherries. sour, twenty feet; grapes,
ten by ten to ten by twelve feet for
strong growing sorts and eight by ten
to ten by ten for the weak growing
varieties; blackberries eight by three
feet to eight by FIVE feet for large sorts.
and seven by three feet for the small
sorts; raspberries seven by three feet
to eight by four feet for the tall grow
Ing varieties, and six by three to seven
by three feet for the smaller sorts;
currants and gooseberries, six by six
feet II in squares, or seven to eight feet
by five feet in the rows, and the En-
glish varieties of gooseberries as close
as five by five feet strawberries, three
and one-half to four, by one and one
half to two feet, for matted row plant
ing, and for hill culture twenty inches
to two feet or two and one-half feet II
arranged In squares, or three to three
and one-half feet between the rows,
with the plants twelve to eighteen
inches apart While the longer dis
tances may seem a waste of room, the
trees and plants, when full grown, will
occupy the entire space, II given good
care, on strong soil. and not only will
1t greatly assist In cultivating, as 1t
will make the use Of the larger tools
possible. but, especially in dry sea-
sons, the fruit will be much larger and
better colored.
Where fungous diseases are trouble
some, the planting of trees at good
distance apart will permit the entrance
Of the suns rays and the circulation OF
the air between the trees and lessen
the injury from disease. While it may
be admissible under some conditions
we advise against the planting Of fruits
of various kinds upon the same ground.
Some persons seem to think that the
planting of peaches between apples.
and then setting raspberries or black
berries between the peaches, and
Strawberries between the rows of rasp-
berries will effect saving of space.
but although 1t may be followed to
some extent in the fruit garden, the
practice is not ordinarily advisable in
commercial plantations, as, even while
the trees are small, they do not require
the same care and none Of them will
do @ wall &c ~ rIoptad hv tb anc alvns
Within short time the roots of the
trees will occupy the ground and moth
ing should be allowed to interfere with
their growth. Even though the inter-
mediate trees and plants are set with
an idea Of removing them before the
trees need the space. it seldom hap
pens that this. is done until after
come injury has been caused.
While we do not recommend it as
desirable practice. 1t will be less OBJ
jectionable to plant early-bearing and
short-lived varieties of apples between
the rows, or at least in the rows with
the trees, OF slow-growing, late-bear-
Ing kinds like Northern Spy. Where
the permanent trees are planted forty
$500 ePeAAss ~ VAAA eShSiahy bC y uoAOh
or fifteen years before there would be
any very serious injury, IL trees of
Wagner, Jonathan and some of the
other varieties were placed between
them, SO as to have the ground occu-
pied by trees located twenty feet apart
each way. In doing this, however, the
supplying Of the proper amount Of
plant food to make up for the in
creased drain upon the ground must
not be negrected. and before the trees
become SO large that the branches in
terlace, the intermediate trees should
be removed. II this is done, there will
be comparatively little injurious effect
upon the growth Of the permanent
trees, and the crops secured from the
oilers" up to the time Of their re-
moval should several times repay the
entire cost Of tbs orchard at that time.