SECTION IV 



THE FRUIT PLANTATION 



There are few home plots so small that fruits 

 cannot be grown. If there is no opportunity for 

 planting the orchard fruits by themselves at regu- 

 lar intervals, there are still boundaries to the place, 

 and along these boundaries and scattered in the 

 border masses, apples, pears and other fruits may 

 be planted. It is not to be expected that fruits 

 will thrive as well in these places as in well tilled 

 orchards, but something can be done, and the 

 results are often very satisfactory. Along a back 

 fence or walk, one may plant a row or two of cur- 

 rants, gooseberries or blackberries, or he may make 

 a trellis of grapes. If there are no trees near the 

 front or back of the border, the fruit plants may 

 be placed close together in the row and the 

 greatest development of the tops may be allowed 

 to take place laterally. If one has a back yard 

 fifty feet on a side, there will be opportunity, in 

 three borders, for six to eight fruit trees, and 

 bush fruits between, without encroaching greatly 

 upon the lawn. In such cases, the trees are 

 planted just inside the boundary line. 



A suggestion for the arrangement of a fruit 

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