FRUIT-GARDEN FORETHOUGHT 



The popular Wmesap Apple 



he is to use. Some kind of fruit can be grown with pleasure and profit 

 about every home where anything will grow. 



The home garden is largely at the mercy of circumstances, too, 

 in the matter of soil. But here, happily, Mother Nature can be 

 improved upon. If the earth's crust is not all arable soil in a particular 

 location, soil can be brought, or stone and other impediments can be 

 removed; if it is poor, it can be enriched. 



The ideal site for fruits is one above the surrounding country, so 

 that both soil and atmospheric drainage are good. The land need not 

 be rolling if there are lower lands adjacent. The exposure exerts con- 

 siderable influence on tender fruits. Near a body of water, choose 

 the exposure toward the water. Between the sides of a lake or 

 river, choose the side exposed to the prevailing wind. Away from 

 water, choose a northern exposure for tender fruits. 



. Experience is a better guide as to what to plant 



Varieties *^^° volumes of instruction. It is to be presumed 



that every man knows what he would like best to 

 grow; experience alone will teach him whether he can grow it. Lack- 

 ing experience, a man should get on good terms with his neighbors 



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