FRUIT ON THE FARM. 2G9 



cherries canned or used in the family, and the sales have aver- 

 aged fifty dollars a year. The trees are not long-lived, but will 

 usually continue in bearing from ten to fifteen years. 



The Black Tartarian is a large, sweet cherry, heart-shaped 

 and glossy, of a purplish-black color, and ripens the last of June. 

 The tree is of a peculiar, upright and compact habit of growth, 

 with large, dark foliage, and often attains to great size. It is a 

 very prolific bearer, often producing many bushels of fruit to the 

 tree, which, on account of its size, beauty, and flavor is very salable. 



Grapes. Probably no other fruit grown will furnish a 

 family supply with so little labor and risk of failure as the grape. 

 If one owns a single square yard of land in which to put the 

 roots of a grape-vine, it can be trained to the house side and 

 will for years produce a liberal supply of fruit. There are in 

 my neighborhood thrifty vines in full bearing, that I have known 

 for thirty-five years, and they were old in appearance when I 

 first saw them. I have a single Concord vine which is trained to 

 the south end of a summer kitchen and arbor over the west door, 

 which covers about twenty square yards and has not missed a 

 crop in ten years, and in favorable years I have counted one 

 thousand clusters on it. It has had no cultivation, and aside 

 from gathering the fruit, less than a half hour's work a year in 

 pruning keeps it in order. I would always transplant at one 

 year old. I do not advise close planting and training to stakes, 

 as by training to trellises and wider planting I have seen the 

 best results. 



A cheap trellis can be made by setting posts and stretching 

 wires, or cheap bowers can 

 be made of rough poles or 

 some lasting wood like locust. 

 A family supply of fruit can 

 usually be grown by train- 

 ing vines to out-buildings or 



to rough bowers Or trellises SKLF-SUPPOUTINO ORAPE TRELLIS. 



where a screen shade or good protection is desirable. Another 

 cheap and servicable trellis is shown in the cut. This is 

 a self-supporting trellis for two rows, and is made by leaning 



