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small areas. The bush fruits require more room, and yet 

 at least one row can be set along the fence or walk. In 

 medium-sized yards a few of the smaller tree fruits may be 

 raised, such as the peach, cherry, and plum ; while in large 

 yards room may be found for a few apple and pear trees. 



In Farmers' Bulletin 154, " The Home Fruit Garden," 

 published by the U. S. Department of Agriculture, is given 

 the following list of fruit-bearing plants that can be grown 

 on an area of 60 by 80 feet. It comprises 474 plants dis- 

 tributed among 9 kinds of fruit as follows : 32 grape vines, 

 1 8 dwarf pear trees, 6 peach trees, 6 cherry trees, 6 dwarf 

 apple trees, 6 plums, 20 plants blackberries, 40 blackcaps, 

 40 red raspberries, and 300 strawberry plants. 



From the same publication is taken the following list of 

 varieties for a city lot, the varieties being chosen with special 

 reference to northern Ohio. This list requires 130 plants, 

 divided among 12 kinds of fruits: 



Apples, 4 trees i Red Astrachan, i Golden Sweet, i 

 Baldwin, i Fallanater. 



Peaches, 4 trees i Early Canada, i Yellow Rareripe, 

 i Early Crawford, i Late Crawford. 



Pears, 2 trees i Bartlett, i Duchess (dwarf). 



Plums, 2 trees i Wilder, i Lombard. 



Quinces 2 Champion. 



Apricots i Motezumet. 



Grapes, 10 vines 5 Concord, 5 Niagara. 



Raspberries, 20 bushes 10 Gregg, 10 Cutbert. 



Blackberries, 20 bushes 10 Taylor, 10 Agawam. 



Currant, 10 bushes 5 Victoria, 5 White Grape. 



Gooseberries 5 Downing. 



Strawberries 50 Brandywine. 



Time to mature. The time required for plants to come 

 into good bearing varies from one to ten years. Fruits 

 may be divided into four groups, according to the time 

 before they bear good crops : the strawberry, in two years : 





