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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



October, 191 S 



Billiards for Boys 



of Sixteen to Sixty 



Cultivate "the play spirit" — it pays in health and effici- 

 ency. Play billiards or pocket-billiards at home — on the 

 matchless "Baby Grand." Billiards is the finest of all in- 

 door games for boys of sixteen to sixty. 



Good exercise for body and brain. Relief from business 

 tension. Pure, unadulterated /««, with just enough spice of 

 rivalry to give keen zest to the game. 



The Brunswick 



BABY GRAND 



The Home Billiard Table de Luxe 



These superb Billiard and Pocket-Billiard Tables are 

 found in thousands of refined homes throughout the world. 

 They are billiard tables for rooms of average size, on which 

 real billiards can be played. Made of finest Mahogany, with 

 classic inlay design. Fitted with genuine Vermont Slate 

 Beds, covered with Imported Billiard Cloth: Baby Mon- 

 arch Quick-Acting Cushions: Concealed Cue Rack and Ac- 

 cessory Drawer for entire playing equipment. The same 

 accurate angles and scientific construction as Brunswick- 

 Balke-Collender regulation size tables, which are used exclu- 

 sively by the billiard experts of the world. Furnished as 

 Carom Billiard Tables, Pocket-Billiard Tables or Combina- 

 tion Carom and Pocket-Billiard Tables. Sizes, 3x6, 356*7, 

 4x8 feet. 



Brunswick "Convertible" Billiard Tables 



These ingenious tables make any room available for bil- 

 liards — dining room, living room, library or den. Three 

 styles — the Davenport-Billiard Table, the Dining-Billiard 

 Table and the Library-Billiard Table. Equal in playing 

 qualities to the "Baby Grand." When not in use for billiard 

 playing, they serve as handsome, practical pieces of house- 

 hold furniture. 



Over a Year to Pay 



We sell Brunswick Home Billiard Tables direct from factory 

 at very moderate prices and exceptionally easy terms. 



Playing Outfit Free 



with each table, including cues, balls, cue rack, markers, 

 Book of Rules, "How to Play," etc., etc. 



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"Billiards— The Home Magnet" 



This beautiful book describes and illustrates in actual 

 colors the complete line of Brunswick Home Billiard and 

 Pocket-Billiard Tables. Quotes lowest factory prices. Gives 

 details of Easy Purchase Plan and much valuable infor- 

 mation. Send the coupon for your copy today. 



The Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co. 

 Dept. H R, 623-633 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago 



Gentlemen: Please send to the address below, your book, 

 "Billiards — the Home Magnet." 



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Early Autumn Pruning 



SOME years ago I assisted in gathering the 

 apples from a tree on our place. They were 

 not much as apples went, but fruit that year was 

 scarce, and the tree was loaded. Even small twigs 

 growing out from the main branches held fruit. 

 The tree had been neglected because of its inferior 

 quality, but it rarely failed of a full crop. Its 

 habit of growth was as dense as a privet hedge. 

 So close and interwoven were the branches that 

 one could not get into the tree at all. 



Exasperated, we used a saw to cut out at least 

 half of the top, trimmed off all undesirable shoots, 

 cleared the larger branches of twigs, and made a 

 tree with a fine open head. 



While we were about it we trimmed out several 

 other trees, but gave none the drastic treatment 

 bestowed upon the first. The cut surfaces were 

 thickly covered with grafting wax and we con- 

 gratulated ourselves that there would be- one less 

 nuisance on the place. Just before freezing 

 weather we went through the orchard and were 

 attracted by the beauty of the tree, its healthy 

 appearance and plump buds. The next spring we 

 kept track of its growth, taking care to rub off all 

 shoots that showed themselves on the larger 

 branches. 



The fruit gathered that season was more than 

 double the size of any it had previously borne. Of 

 course, that by itself proved nothing but it started 

 a train of inquiry. Why not prune orchards before 

 the next season's buds began to develop? Why 

 not prune as soon as the fruit was gathered, allow- 

 ing all of the forces to concentrate on something 

 that would "count," instead of raising thousands 

 of buds to be cut away in the spring, taking just 

 so much vitality from the tree that might be saved 

 for growth and fruiting. 



The idea was so alluring that we made many 

 experiments in early autumn pruning, which were 

 so satisfactory that we applied the same principle 

 to the grape vines. 



The difference was almost past belief — larger 

 clusters, finer development, and we thought richer 

 flavor. Certainly the grapes were sweeter and more 

 delicious than ever before. 



We proved to our satisfaction that better fruit 

 will result from autumn pruning; and as for grapes, 

 nothing could induce us to return to the old custom 

 where sudden frost and thaw might start the sap 

 running and drain the vitality of the vine through 

 the cut surfaces. 



New York. Nelson S. Stone. 



Storing Vegetables and Apples 

 in Ashes 



THE old-fashioned country house, heated with 

 stoves, furnished in its earth floored cellar 

 a most excellent place for the storage of apples, 

 potatoes, and many kinds of vegetables. The 

 fluctuations of temperature in the cellar were small 

 and did not occur rapidly, the air kept moist, and 

 fruit and vegetables did not become withered and 

 unfit for use in a short time. 



With the more modern home, provided with a 

 concrete cellar and usually with the furnace in the 

 cellar, the conditions for the preservation of fruits 

 and vegetables are certain to be much less satis- 

 factory. The air is dry and the temperature is 

 rising and falling almost daily. When the tempera- 

 ture falls, moisture is deposited on the fruit which 

 favors the growth of fungi. With rising tempera- 

 ture the air again becomes hungry for moisture. 

 The fruit and vegetables expose a large amount of 

 surface for evaporation and under such conditions 

 withering soon results. 



The usual methods recommended for the preser- 

 vation of such vegetables as celery, endive, cabbage, 

 and carrots, is to bury them in moist sand or soil. 

 Sand is not usually to be had without going to 

 considerable trouble; and both sand and soil dry 

 out quickly. It occurred to me that ashes from 

 hard coal, which, when once moistened, retain the 

 moisture with great tenacity, might be used in 

 place of sand or soil. It has been our custom to 

 moisten the ashes before they are removed from the 

 furnace, in order to prevent dust; in a few days 

 they are in good shoveling condition and are not at 



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