THE UPPER GARDEN 



growth or given us much of their produce. The birds 

 have benefited by the cherries, and the trees in blossom 

 are a joy to behold. Must we always be material? 

 One year we had half a dozen delicious pears and about 

 a dozen "wealthy" apples equally satisfying, besides 

 about a peck of the "Duchess" variety. In time doubt- 

 less these young trees will repay us for their care. 



Apropos of this let me digress a little from my upper 

 garden to tell about an interesting experimental fruit 

 farm which is being conducted on the lake by the 

 State Horticultural Society. Five acres of land are 

 offered by the owner, the two-year-old trees are donated 

 by the institution, and full instructions as to their care 

 are given to the farmer who does all the work. 



Two or three times a year the orchard is visited by 

 a committee from the Society, and the inspector is 

 likely to drop in at any time. When and how to 

 prune and to spray the trees is carefully explained to 

 the farmer, and when at the end of five years the trees 

 begin to bear, the produce is divided between the So- 

 ciety and the farmer for two years. Then at the end 



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