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GARDEN PROFITS 



location. This treatment of tree fruits is, 

 of course, an abnormal and artificial one. It 

 has not yet become as important in this coun- 

 try as in Europe, and on a commercial scale 

 is not likely ever to be- 

 come popular. But in the 

 small home garden it should 

 attain a unique and an 

 important position. When 

 trained upon walls, fruit trees 

 are pruned to a few main 

 branches, which are fastened 

 to the support in some sym- 

 metrical design. The simpler 

 the design, the easier it is to 

 care for the tree, since in each 

 pair of balanced branches, 

 each limb is attempting to 

 obtain the greater amount of 

 sap and outgrow the other. 

 If you want the support for 

 grapes, you will have to add 

 some further trellis or frame 

 to which the vines can be tied. 

 Tomatoes, too, are often suc- 

 cessfully grown on trellises. 

 In this case the aim is to per- 

 mit plenty of sunlight and a 

 free circulation of air about the 

 plants and fruits, hence the 

 trellis should be set away from 

 any wall or building. Among 



The clothes pole need 

 not be ugly. Pole beans 

 will profitably diape one 

 arranged like this; nastur- 

 tiums, dolicflos or morn- 

 ing-glories will make It 

 even more beautiful 



