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PRIZE GARDENING 



thick coverlet of leaves keeps the plants and animal life 

 intact until called from their dormant state by the first 

 songs of spring. 



Fruit trees in the garden often added materially 

 to the profit side of the account. In other cases, how- 



PIIOLIFIC CURRANTS 



ever, they were considered a decided drawback to the 

 general success of the garden. Several contestants 

 insist that a highly successful garden must be wholly 

 free from shade of any kind. In the irrigated gardens 

 where the vast amount of water taken up by the tree 



