WHAT MAY BE GROWN IN A SMALL GARDEN. 



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grow depends on the number of members 

 in the family, the size of the garden, and in- 

 dividual preferences. One person likes 

 strawberries, another prefers raspberries. 

 The small fruits and perennial vegetables 

 should be grouped together. The fruit 

 bushes may be planted next to the poultry 



A Part of the Lawn and Hedge in Mr. S. Short's Garden, Ottawa. 



This garden, only a small part of which can be seen, was one of the leading winners in 

 the Lady Minto garden competition in Ottawa last year. The picture is interesting in 

 that it shows what may be done in home-building from very rough beginnings. About 12 

 years ago Mr. Short purchased a block of ground at Rockiiffe, in the outskirts of Ottawa. 

 This land was in very rough condition, full of boulders and very uneven. Within a few 

 years its owner has made great improvements. A splendid Norway spruce hedge, 250 feet 

 in length, which was planted by the owner and personally tended by him, may be seen. 

 It is one of the finest hedges in or about Ottawa. 



runs, for then the fowls may be allowed to 

 range through them without damage and to 

 the advantage of both after the fruit has 

 been gathered in midsummer. I would 

 plant for a family of six persons two 40 foot 

 rows of strawberries, 40 raspberries, six 

 red, two white and two black currants, four 

 clumps of rhubarb and 50 roots of aspara- 

 gus. These should be planted in rows five 

 feet apart the whole length of the garden 

 to render easy cultivation by a Planet 

 Jr. Cultivator. 



If I were growing small fruit for market 

 I would grow first the gooseberry, then 

 black and red currants, and lastly straw- 

 berries and raspberries. Strawberries and 

 raspberries must be gathered every other 

 day or the fruit is spoiled, being over ripe, 

 and the plants give up bearing. While it 



is a delightful task to gather three or four 

 quarts of fresh strawberries or raspberries, 

 it is most laborious and tiring to gather 

 them by the dozen quarts. With gooseber- 

 ries and currants there is a latitude of a 

 week or 10 days in which to gather the 

 fruit. The whole crop may be gathered at 

 once and they will keen for 

 a week. Raspberries and 

 strawberries must be mar- 

 keted at once or they spoil. 

 Besides, gooseberries and 

 currants are more profitable. 

 A raspberry bush takes 

 nearlv as much space as a 

 gooseberry, and a Downing 

 gooseberry bush will bear 

 annually 12 to 15 quarts and 

 a raspberry two to three. 



Next to the ground occu- 

 pied by the small fruits and 

 perennial vegetables the an- 

 nual vegetables may tre 

 grown in rows to permit the 

 using of the hand cultivator. 

 A well stocked vegetable 

 garden should contain the 

 following: Cress, radishes, lettuce, green 

 peas and beans, beets, onions, carrots, pars- 

 nips, tomatoes, turnips, cabbage, cauli- 

 flower, cucumbers, squash, celery, corn and 

 potatoes. All these may be grown readily 

 in most localities, and the owner should 

 grow such quantities of each as will suit the 

 size of his family. 



Late cabbage and celery may be planted 

 in the ground occupied early in the season 

 by the green peas, which will be done bear- 

 ing when the cabbage and celery are ready 

 to be put out. The squash may be planted 

 near the compost heap or manure pile and 

 trained to grow over it and hide an unsight- 

 ly spot. Some flowering plants should be 

 grown in the vegetable garden for supply- 

 ing the table with cut flowers. This saves 

 cutting those grown near the house for or- 



