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A GARDEN OF SIXTEEN SQUARE RODS. 



pounds each, making sixty pounds. The ten cur- 

 rant bushes would yield one-half a bushel. The 

 strawberry bed should produce, at least, thirty boxes 

 of fruit. And the six peach trees, two dozen each. 

 Let us extend the tract to sixteen square rods. 



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A border is constructed all around the plat, of 

 eleven feet in width, but a walk is laid over the 

 interior three feet, which is represented in the dia- 

 gram by (c). In this border grape vines are planted, 

 eight feet apart, all around the plat. These are 

 distinguished by [a). On the north and west should 

 be a fence nearly tight, but not wholly so, as it is 

 desirable that the air should pass through it. The 

 vines are to be trained on stakes, or on a trellis, at 

 least a foot in front of it. On the south and east 

 should be, if any, only a light slat or wire fence, 

 through which the sun may shine. 



