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of fruit trees grown with garden crops is that the trees 

 are abnormally forced and the soil is quickly exhausted 

 by both crops, and for a time they are starved or the 

 moisture is all taken out of the land by the two crops. 

 If crops are grown under trees, the soil should be culti- 

 vated frequently to let in sunlight and air and thus keep 

 in the moisture. 



All kinds of fruits and vegetables are grown in the 

 family garden, while in the commercial garden market 



FIG. 39 Mixed Garden and Farm Crops. 



garden only a few kinds are grown and but a few va- 

 rieties of each kind that are in demand in the markets 

 where they are to be sold. We often get much pleasure 

 from testing new fruits and vegetables, and new varie- 

 ties of old ones, as they come out, but in nine cases in 

 ten the new ones will be of less value than the old stand- 

 ards. The work of testing new varieties we should leave 

 to the experiment stations, which are well equipped for 

 the work. 



