162 ^ State Horticultural Society. 



THE KITCHEN GARDEN. ' 

 (By R. A. Brown, St. Joseph, Mo.) 



R. A. Brown of this city made an address on "The Kitchen Gar- 

 den." Mr. Brown is an attorney hy profession, but is also one of the 

 best posted of men on gardening and intensive farming. 



He said that everyone should have an asparagus bed and a straw- 

 berry bed. To grow asparagus successfully he said that one must 

 fertilize threefold what would seem necessary. 



In raising strawberries he said that one should, in the city, have new 

 plants every year, as this method gave the best results. He said a 

 patch of berries 40 by 80 feet in size would furnish enough berries for 

 a common sized family. 



He would grow tomatoes on a trellis and keep them growing a& 

 high as possible, new cluster of fruit forming higher as the vines grow 

 upward. 



He would advocate plenty of grapes and a few peach and pear 

 trees in the town garden. Mr. Brown states that he has kept hothouse 

 roses out of doors all winter in this climate by properly covering them 

 with mulch. — St. Joseph Daily News. 



MODEL ORCHARD AND HOW TO PRODUCE IT. 



(By W. T. Flournoy, Marionville, J\Io.) 



Not many men are in the orchard business for their health, but be- 

 cause in many cases it proves to be a very lucrative calling. According to 

 my idea a model or ideal orchard is one that in a reasonable length of time,, 

 by good care and management, yields to the owner a handsome profit. 

 How to produce the model orchard or the orchard that yields the most 

 dollars is the question that is absorbing oin^ attention. 



After the trees have been carefully selected with due regard to 

 variety and quality and well planted, a model orchard can be produced 

 only by proper cultivation, spra^'ing and pruning. I cannot tell now 

 with as much confidence as I could a few years ago, just how this work 

 should be done, but I am more and more convinced that well directed 

 work pays. 



