172 THE DIFFERENT KINDS OP FRUITS. 



earlier. Strawberries give tlie best return the second year after 

 planting ; raspberries will give aj3mall yield ; blackberries, ditto , 

 grapes will give a good small crop the third year ; currants and 

 gooseberries the same ; while the care and management of them all 

 is not beyond the capacity of any intelligent-minded person. 



Every occupant of a village lot of fifty by one hundred and fifty 

 feet, has room, in addition to his dwelling, stable, and out-houses, 

 for a liberal supply of these fruits. He can have a pear, a cherry, 

 and a peach tree — perhaps more than one of each; or he may add 

 an apple and a quince. Then he has room for a Concord, an Ives, 

 an Eumelan, and a Lady or a Martha grape; a dozen Mammoth 

 Cluster and Davidson Thornless raspberries, and a rod or two square 

 of strawberries. He who is thus situated, and has never tried it, 

 will be astonished at the amount of good living to be derived from 

 a judicious selection and care of even these. 



If possessed of an acre, or but half an acre, he can largely multi- 

 ply this list, and add apples, currants, gooseberries, etc., and have 

 vacant ground enough to grow all the potatoes, cabbages, tomatoes, 

 beans, and sweet corn he will need for his family. 



If a farmer, tilling his broad acres, uo apology wili excuse the 

 want of at least three acres to orchard and garden for hoiue use ; 

 one to apples, one to pears, peaches, etc., and one to grapes and 

 other small fruits. They should be enclosed separately — the 

 orchard from the small fruits ; as it is important often that hogs 

 and sheep be permitted the range of the orchard, in order to aid the 

 owner in the destruction of the pests to which it is subject. The 

 small-fruit lots should be religiously guarded against sucli intrusion. 



But, let all planters of commercial orchards especially beware lest 

 they get too many varieties. And let them also guard against 

 planting many of the fall-ripening apples. There is an annual loss 

 of millions of dollars due to this cause alone. There are hundreds 

 of summer and fall apples planted, throughout the country, where 

 dozens would bo too many. In a commercial orchard of five hun- 

 dred trees twenty to fifty would be ample for summer and fall use; 

 these should consist of a few well-known and reliable sorts; while 

 the remainder should be one, two, or three of. the hardy, product ve, 

 and saleable varieties, of good flavor and long-keeping qualities. 

 The markfts aie annually crowded, during the fall months, vvitii 



