FRUIT GROWING FOR 

 AMATEURS 



CHAPTER I 

 Making a Fruit Garden 



THE formation and planting of a fruit garden require a good 

 deal of care and foresight if full advantage is to be taken of the 

 space at disposal. It does not fall to the lot of everyone to 

 have the opportunity of laying out a new garden, and generally 

 the best has to be made of the ground available. If the posi- 

 tion can be chosen, a site sloping very slightly to the south is 

 to be preferred, and fairly high ground is much better than a 

 low and flat situation, which usually suffers from late spring 

 frosts. Shelter from the north and east is an advantage, and 

 may be the means of saving the blossom and tender foliage from 

 damage in spring. 



The accompanying plan shows how a piece of ground may 

 be laid out with the object of making the utmost out of the 

 space. It represents a site 180 feet long and 150 feet wide, 

 and it could, of course, be reproduced in its entirety or a portion 

 of it could be copied. It is surrounded by a wall, and the names 

 of the different kinds of fruit trees that succeed on the foul 

 aspects are mentioned. Thus anyone possessing one aspect will 

 see at a glance the best kind of tree to plant. The garden is 

 intersected by walks, and has a narrower walk all round. The 

 borders in front of the walls facing south and west are 16 feet 

 wide, and would provide ideal positions for Strawberries or bush 

 fruits if required. The borders in front of the north and east 

 walls are only 5 feet wide, as these aspects are not so suitable 

 for growing crops, but would accommodate a double row of late 

 Strawberries 



