The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-04-01
ro1 STATE COLLEGE,

Of NODE motion orchard, prof.. lnornoer'
state hoIIl nw take up the question OF,
will now oIans for the orchard, and
q q P [be use of filters. ,+u ~. nt;no
out OF 'n no in Washington l think
plans III dist u| should select the plan
the Orcn@ host suited to his conditions,
rhieh Is O nav he some plans that are
and theI I'm the plans | recommend.
better allowing suggestions are sup p
The i .nnIv as the result OF the ooser,
ted SIlip "nd work of the horticultural
ratloL;s ua tors of the college and exper-
inent sr nober this: You are not plant
Relllelf eT,o or six years, but for at
Ing lo estoon to twenty years. Plant
leaS. ,r nf too closely together is one
ing S u'' most frequently observed er-
OF lne One investigator has said that
ror'' o onnt of the orchards planted in
~ PEI sington previous to 1897 were
T ,ontpd too close together.
P''D' consider Wind and Sun.
tho important considerations
AMI nnbardist should bear in mind
tne u ~ his immediate financial needs,
are viz and 60 sunshine. If he
~ W GROW something between the
na9 ~ ond make a living for the first
a eto or six years until his orchard is
IN bsarng careful consideration is
i'll This tbis fact. If he is planting in dis
uls .o whore heavy winds prevail the
IIDos should be planted to break the
u tpSoo of the wind, not allowing it to
lu ro0n through the orchard. That is
9" COW if the winds sweep north and
Sorth do not run the rows north and
s sonth rather, have the trees run
Siur cast and west. This protects the
. n. In sections where there is
soorcitv of sunshine, plant in some
onon system so the sun can shine
DOWN the rows. Do not plant cross
wise to the sun.
Hexagonal Plan.
1hnlipve that in the orchards plant
Cd at the present time from seventy
five to ninety per cent are planted
other in the square plan," or the
4beyagonal plan In the former plan,
thp trees stand equally distant apart
in sOuares; in the latter, the trees
stand in triangles which make them
equally distant from one another.
The advantages of the heXagOnal
plan are: u it appropriates air, soil
and sunlight in the spaces between
the trees equally. Every tree stands
lust as far from its neighbor as every
other tree. SO far as this phase is
concerned, it is the ideal plan.
a. The trees can be farther apart
in this way, and yet there can be more
trees per acre than N any other plan
known. Trees planted on the square
plan one rod apart will go 100 to the
acre; by the hexagonal plan, one rod
apart, 1874 per acre. g. This plan
shades the ground and stems of the
trees better than any other plan. 1t
comes near to making a perfect can
Opy Of the tops, be this good or bad.
Now, a few of the disadvantages of
Inc hexagonal plan: 1) 1t too near
ly completely covers the ground if the
trees are planted close; (2) it does
not permit the same use of the soil be-
tween the trees as the square plan
where equal distances are used, pre-
venting the intensive intercropping
which may be desirable to the man
who must realize something from his
orchard during the first five or six
years before it has come into bearing.
Square Plan.
Now, the advantages of the square
pan: H. 1t is easier for the anna
teur fruit grower to use. Recently 1
wrote TO man telling him to plant
aS trees on the hexagonal plan SO
iee apart. He replied, saying l would
nave 10 send some one to him to show
Inl now to do it. CD There is more
space between the trees for vege-
@O5S' small fruits, and the like, than
IL the hexagonal plan. 60 Large
ueeS form better air wells" in the
T4u%it plan than in the hexagonal.
ny ar wells" | mean the spaces be-
onsen the trees which permit the air
W Iuu sun TO penetrate freely between
rs lonage Of the tops. Where trees
CIV" closely together if the air and
o uu ~ allowed to come in freely
t a,aOns the foliage, the probabilities of
fnr r presence of apple scab and other
N-SOuS diseases are lessened.
Realty Mans Viewpoint.
vi1 FROM m the real estate mans point of
hoo how, 'ne square plan is advantageous,
nIs r"uSe 1t requires fewer trees to
T.n al u, acre than by the hexagonal
co, n ms is especially true when a
and pan! IS developing a large tract,
cha.d musI say to the prospective pur-
fsar Easel The trees are planted rs or 80
en- " part and the plantation is Civ
wroto Hecently a real estate company
like t, asking a question something
traot 'niS' How shall we plant our
sptbo,p pacing the trees as close to-
far anos as we can, yet having them as
trao part as possible, and using as few
sonaro a. pssslble?" Of course the
pany. w s lne one 1or tnls com'
panT rV ,ai company, "a nursery com.
as nuns .ufS tlme) says, 1--WE want to get
witbout trees per acre as we can
togetbon putting the trees too close
The ba What plan should we >use?'
gives U0eAagonal plan, of course. II
souaro per cent more trees than the
v advantages in Each.
niststo' at make a very serious
plan ns ny using either the hexagonal
Ton. tNe SQUARE Each has ifS adj