54 MY GROWING GARDEN 



six feet high is one thing, but qviite another is 

 spraying the primeval monarch, up toward a 

 hundred feet in the air, ten feet about at breast 

 height, and with a spread over the lawn of seventy- 

 five feet! It could be done, however, and it has 

 been done, three times, to the tree's apparent 

 benefit. Any reasonable thing is worth while to 

 keep aUve and happy a big or a fine or an eye- 

 filling tree, as I see it. 



The dwarf fruit-garden, or orchard, was planted 

 at Breeze Hill during this month of rains. I 

 thought I had not space enough for "standard" 

 trees, and I have shared the common belief that 

 many years would pass before they would bear. 

 The dwarfs, planted closer and fruiting sooner, 

 seemed indicated, and they were put in place the 

 next April after our June first occupancy of this 

 garden-home. They have prospered mightily and 

 fruited scantily, save as to the plums and peaches 

 and the trashy Bismarck apple. If it were all to 

 do over again, I think I would plant standard trees, 

 rather than dwarfs; but the first fuU fruiting year 

 may change this feeling. Certainly the dwarf 

 orchard is good to look upon. 



The apple and pear trees were trained speci- 

 mens from Germany. In addition, I planted some 

 thirty-six feet of an "espalier" just south of the 



