March, 1910 



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MARCH, 1910 



COVER DESIGN — Hybrid American grape 



Nathan R. Graves 



PAGE 



75 





Relieve the Spring Rush! ...... 



The Evolution of American Fruit Growing, I. 



Wilhelm Miller 76 



Photographs by N. R. Graves and S. \V. Fletcher 



The Best Pears for Small Gardens . P. J. Berrkmans 78 



Photographs by Nathan R. Graves 



Perfection in Plums .... /. W. Kerr 81 



Photographs by N. R. Graves and F. A. Waugh 



The Personalities of Some Early Apples . John Craig 83 



Photographs by the author, N. Y. State Experiment Station and Cornell University 



Fancy Peaches en the Northwest . . J. G. Cooke 86 



Photographs furnished by the author 



Pruning Grapes the Year Round . Julian Burroughs 88 



Photographs by the author 



There Was Once a Man Who Dreamed, II. Ida M. H. Starr 89 



Photographs by the author 



Children's Gardens Everywhere . Ellen Eddy Shaw 91 

 Planting and Transplanting . . W. C. McCollom 93 



Photographs by the author 



Big Strawberries for Everyone . . . W. H. Jenkins 94 



Photographs by the author 



Cherries for Your Own Garden . F. A. Strohschein 96 



Photograph by the author 



A Plum Tree that Paid Its Board . 



Photograph by the author 



Management of Dwarf Pears 



As the Frost Leaves the Ground 



Photographs by the author 



Southern Vines in Northern Climes . 



Photograph by the author 



Pruning the Boxelder 



Photographs by the author 



Do You Know This Plant? 



Raising Your Own Chrysanthemums from Seed 



C. B. Wynkoop 114 



Photograph by Nathan R. Graves 



Multiplying Your Own Shrubs . . Flora Lewis Marble. 118 



PhotogTaphs by the author 



Sweet Peas ln the Vegetable Garden 

 Making Money from Cannas 



Photographs by the author 



A Splendid Vine for the Far South . 



Photographs by the author 



The Raw Bank That Offends You . 

 Rocks ln Prairie Gardens . 



Photograph by the author 



Answers to Queries .... 



Henry Rupp 100 



. P. J. B. 100 



Thomas J. Steed 102 



. Robert Ridgway 104 



. C. L. Meller 108 



Daniel A. Clarke 112 



W. C. McCollom 122 

 Luke J. Doogue 124 



. C. S. Bushnell 126 



Thomas McAdam 130 

 . M. 132 



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