The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-08-09

trees the following distances Will De
found desirable under ordinary condi-
tionS apples, thivty-five 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 tc 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;
cUrrartS and goossberries, six by SIX
feet If in squares, or seven to eight feet
by five feet in the rows, and the En-
glish varieties Of gooseberries as close
as Ave 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 IL
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, If given good
care, on strong soil, and not only will
it greatly assist in cultivating, as it
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 a good
distance apart will permit the entrance
Of the suns rays and the circulation or
the air between the trees and lessen
the injury from disease. While 1t 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 a saving of space,
; but although it 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 as well as If planted by themselves
: Within a short time the roots OF the
, trees will occupy the ground and moth
J 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 aftel
Z some injury has been caused.
While we do not recommend 1t as {
desirable practice, it will be less OBJ
:, jectionable to plant early-bearing ant
. short-lived varieties of apples between
. the rows, or at least in the rows witt
- the trees, of slow-growing, late-bear
- ing kinds like Northern Spy. Wher
= the permanent trees are planted fort
feet apart, it will generally be doze
= or fifteen years before there would b
- any very serious injury, If trees G
~ Wagner, Jonathan and some OF tn
other varieties were placed betwee
le them, so as to have the ground occu
aS pied by trees located twenty feet apai
each way. In doing this, however, tn
supplying of the proper amount
plant food to make up for the IL
u creased drain upon the ground mus
81 not be neglected, and before che tree
w become so large that the branches IL
gu terlace, the intermediate trees shoul
ne be removed. If this is done, there wi
Us be comparatively little injurious effe
les upon the growth of the permanel
hu trees, and the crops secured from Il
SO oilers" up to the time Of their r
ms moval should several times repay Il
Oh entire cost of the orchard at that tim
OF observations on Southern Horticu1tu
it'll The question of transportation
o. fruit is the great one at present.
err northern Alabama and in some pal
the of southern Tennessee the strawberri
were rotting on the vines this spri
at a time when they were selling
the IS cents per box in Chicago. TIL
Re- had been picked to supply the lot
on- demand till the prices fell to POI
ing where picking was no longer pro-
too able. The price was low because
ent growers were virtually cut off from
are market. Within few hours from Il
ron time, the writer was in Atlanta, VIII
The berries were selling from wagons
ned from z to IL cents per box.
ron growers around Atlanta simply
Itch access to q good market.
and
SO There are certain fruits better 81
hat ed to the sandy lands than others {
the these only should be grown. We m
nth ton the peach and plum, the che
red. and the grape, and the Kieffer p'
airs At Southern Pines only two varie
not OF grapes are being grown-the
hes aware and the Niagara. These
nile varieties are best suited to the
and conditions mentioned. OF the {
the Delaware probably stands at
eses head. This is due to the fact that
o., less affected by grape diseases I
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