Rectangular

The method of setting or the arrangement of the trees

will greatly influence the number of trees which may be put upon an

acre and the distance apart of the trees in the row. The most common

method in the past has been the regular square or rectangular method,

e.g., trees forty by forty feet, or forty by fifty feet, and rows at

right angles, and this is still preferred by many. It is easy to lay

out an orchard on this plan and there is less liability of making

mistakes. It is best adapted to regular fields with right angle

corners, especially where the orchard is to be cropped with a regular

rotation. All tillage operations are most easily performed in orchards

set on this plan.



A slight modification of this arrangement which is often advisable,

especially where fillers are used, is to set a tree in the center of

the square. The trees then stand like the five spots of a domino, and

the shortest distance between trees will be about twenty-seven feet

when the trees in the regular rows are forty by forty feet apart. This

plan practically doubles the number of trees which can be set on an

acre.