98 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
FARMER’S FRUIT AND VEGETABLE GARDEN. 
A. K. BUSH, LECTURER ON HORTICULTURE AT THE MINNESOTA’ 
FARMERS’ INSTITUTE. 
The accompanying sketch is substantially as used by Mr. Bush in connection with his. 
institute work. 
To best understand the value of this garden, plant and cultivate 
as suggested by plat, and test its possibilities of production and its 
economic values by using its products every meal as staple foods, 
which will add much to health, wealth and happiness, also save “‘store 
bills,” doctors visits and money. Study the diagram carefully, and 
with good judgment applied you can grow the one-acre garden with 
but little more work than is required for an acre of corn, which is 
grown for the hogs—the garden is for your family. 
Evergreens and other trees should be planted on all sides but the 
east, to protect from extreme atmospheric conditions, also to retain 
and conserve moisture, supplying a much needed “shelter belt” on 
the west or north, where garden should be located, extending this 
shelter to give protection on the north of the buildings, Order all 
trees and plants from some reliable nursery in our state, the nearer 
your home the better, planting such varieties as succeed best in 
your locality, and nothing that does not appear on the fruit, tree 
and plant list of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society. Spend 
no time or money on high priced novelties or with the “foreign 
tree peddlers.” The best trees, plants and seeds are the cheapest. 
Care of Nursery Stock.—When received all trees and plants should 
be unpacked as soon as received,in ashady place. Digatrench one 
or two feet deep, make a mud bath witha hoe, using rich clay loam in 
water; soak the roots of all plants in this after opening bundles, and 
allow the same to remain in this trench well “heeled in” until the 
ground is prepared. 
Planting.—Take a moist or cloudy day for planting, keeping 
the roots in the shade or mud bath while planting. Sunshine is: 
death to the roots of trees, especially evergreens. Open wide and 
deep dead-furrows with an iron beam plow, working soil as deeply as. 
possible by repeated plowings, and mixing the surface and the sub- 
soil thoroughly. Plant all trees in the bottom of the furrow, six to 
twelve inches deeper than they grew in the nursery. This will give 
a hardy root system from the stocks of the trees, also protect from 
damage by extreme drought andcold. Deepplanting secures long 
lived trees. Work the soil carefully amongst the roots with a contin- 
ual “churning” motion of the tree as the earth is filled in, packing the 
same so firmly with both feet that the tree cannot be pulled out. 
This rule applies to all tree planting. Do not fill the furrow, but 
cultivate often. This will secure and conserve moisture. 
Small Fruits—Berry bushes should be planted in shallow fur- 
rows, with earth firmly packed about the roots. 
Strawberries should be planted in rows four to six feet apart; 
plants fifteen inches in the row, at least one-half of which should be 
staminate kinds, to secure perfect fertilization and fruit. Do not 
take plants from old or bearing beds—they are worthless. Strongr 
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