[Idiom] four to a court

[Jasha]

Hello, good evening.

I'm translating a tale from English to Spanish, and I faced a phrase I don't quite understand, if someone would be so kind to help me, I'd be very thankful. The phrase is "four to a court", and the context is as follows:

From my family apartament you could smell the pear trees that have been planted years ago, four to a court, probably to save us all from asphyxiation


Thanks in advance!

Jasha

[zackcentury]

well in the game of tennis, some matches have four players on the court. Some pears are tennis ball colored, but they hardly "play" with each other.

Taking it a step further, maybe the author is a horticulturist and knows that pear trees can cross pollinate, requiring at least two (to each side of the court?).

[Excalibur]

A court is a rectangular area of ground surrounded by a building, or by a number of buildings, so that it seems closed off or contained by the buildings.

Note:

From my family apartment, you could smell the pear trees that have had been planted years ago, four to a court, probably to save us all from asphyxiation.