CHAPTER I. 



Hardy Fruits. 

 (A) TREES FOR SMALL GARDENS. 



term "fruit tree " conjures up, for many 

 people, the image of a great tree with immense 

 spreading branches and wandering roots. 

 " We have no room for fruit trees/' they say, 

 . and that is the chief reason why many owners 

 of small gardens do not plant fruit trees. Inse- 

 curity of tenure provides another reason the man 

 who hires his garden on a very short lease does not 

 care to plant trees because he is under the impression 

 that he cannot move them if, and when, he gives up 

 the land. 



The general belief that fruit trees will not come 

 into bearing until they are ten or twelve years old is 

 another thing which militates against the planting of 

 hardy fruits. 



It is time that all this misunderstanding was swept 

 away ; every one should know that when fruit trees 

 are worked on the right kind of stock, they will take up 

 very little room in the garden, they will come into 

 bearing within two or three years after grafting and, 

 if necessary, they may be lifted and moved even when 

 they have been growing in the same spot for six or 

 eight years. With respect to the last point, it is 

 necessary under existing laws, to obtain the permis- 

 sion of the landlord before planting trees in hired 

 gardens ; then the trees may be moved when the 

 tenancy expires. Some landlords will themselves 



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