January, 1914 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



225 



these fruits should 

 be filled in northern 

 gardens with addi- 

 tional strawberries, 

 grapes, and apples. 

 In the southern cli- 

 matic belt dewber- 

 ries, loganberries 

 and apricots should 

 be included, while 

 raspberries are not 

 so much at home 

 and largely should 

 be eliminated. If 

 the garden location 

 is particularity ex- 

 posed to wind and 

 cold, or is made a 

 frost trap by sur- 

 rounding elevated 



land, plant only the very hardiest fruits, such 

 as apples, pears, currants, strawberries, and 

 raspberries. The number of trees and 

 plants specified in the lists will not crowd 

 the space called for; on the contrary they 

 will fill it rather sparsely, and can be set 

 without putting them very close together. 

 Obviously the yields mentioned must be 

 based on the crops of trees that are at 

 least semi-matured. Apple trees should 

 produce the quantities stated when they are 



One-Eighth Acre Garden - 



— Southern Climatic Belt 



One-Half Acre Garden - 



— Middle Climatic 



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Fruit. 



Quantity Crop Value 



Fruit. Quantity Crop 



Value 



Apples (dwf.) . 



4 . . . 6 bu. $ 12.00 



Apples (some dwf.) 30 . . . so bu. 



$100.00 



Peaches 



6 







3 f> u - 





6.00 



Peaches ... is 







75 bu. 



IS- 00 



Pears (dwf.) 



2 







2 bu. 





3.00 



Pears (some dwf.) 8 







8 bu. . 



12.00 



Cherries 



I 







20 qts. 





3 00 



Plums .... 6 







78 qts. . 



S-OO 



Plums . . . 



5 







2 bu. 





4.00 



Cherries 





6 







120 qts. 



18.00 



Quinces . 



I 







2 doz. 





■5° 



Quinces . 





3 • 







6 doz. 



150 



Apricot . 



2 







25 qts. 





1.5° 



Currants 





20 







80 qts. . 



8.00 



Currants 



4 







16 qts. 





1.60 



Gooseberries 





32 







160 qts. 



24.00 



Gooseberries 



6 







3° qts. 





4-.SO 



Strawberries 





25° 







500 ats. 



60.00 



Strawberries 



loo 







200 qts. 





24.00 



Grapes . 





20 







250 lbs. . 



7 SO 



Blackberries 



8 







40 qts. 





4.00 



Blackberries 





10 







S° qts. . 



S-oo 



Grapes . 



8 







100 lbs. 





3.00 



Raspberries 





3° 







75 qts. . 



9.00 







$ 67. 10 





$265.00 



One-Eighth Acre Garden — Middle Climatic Belt 



One Acre Garden — Middle Climatic Belt. 



Fruit. 



Quantity Crop Value 



Fruit. Quantity Crop 



Value 



Apples (dwf.) . 



io . . . is bu. . . $ 30.00 



Apples .... 30 . . . 180 bu. 



$270.00 



Peaches 



4 







2 bu. 





4.00 



Peaches 







40 







IS bu. . 



30.00 



Pears (dwf.) 



2 







2 bu. 





300 



Pears 







10 







10 bu. 



15.00 



Cherries 



2 







40 qts. 





6.00 



Cherries 







10 







200 qts. 



20.00 



Plums 



• 4 







SO qts. 





3.00 



Plums . 







15 







8 bu. . 



16.00 



Quinces . 



1 







2 doz. 





•5° 



Quinces . 







10 







20 doz. 



5.00 



Currants 



4 







16 qts. 





1 .60 



Currants 







25 







100 qts. 



10.00 



Gooseberries 



6 







30 qts. 





4-5° 



Gooseberries 





100 







200 qts. 



30.00 



Strawberries 



100 







200 qts. 





24.00 



Strawberries 





300 







600 qts. 



72.00 



Grapes . 



4 







50 lbs. . 





1 50 



Blackberries 





60 







300 qts. . 



30.00 



Blackberries 



4 







20 qts. 





2 .00 



Raspberries 





40 







80 qts. . 



12 .00 



Raspberries 



8 







20 qts. 





2.50 



Grapes . 







20 







160 lbs. . 



5.00 



$82.60 



six years old, and may produce them when 

 five years old, though some varieties will 

 need several more years to yield these quan- 

 tities in a season. Peaches, plums, grapes, 

 apricots, currants, and gooseberries should 

 be given three years in which to reach the 

 yearly production called for, while the other 

 fruits begin to produce the stated quantities 

 sooner. The amount of fruit yielded from 

 the garden during the first two or three 

 years can be increased by planting quick- 



bearing berries be- 

 tween the trees. In- 

 deed, by this method 

 the total crop of 

 fruit, measured by 

 money value, can be 

 made as large the sec- 

 ond season as at any 

 season afterward. 

 The space between 

 the trees always 

 should be utilized 

 for growing some- 

 thing; if not berries 

 then vegetables. 



One question 

 brought up at the 

 beginning of this ar- 

 ticle has been partly 

 answered only : 

 What is the value of a home fruit garden? 

 A man who is an authority on real estate and 

 financial affairs told in The Garden Maga- 

 zine last summer that the money value of 

 real estate, the amount which experts 

 judged it to be worth and at which it usually 

 sold, is $1000 for each $50 it earns. On this 

 basis a home fruit garden is worth from 

 $5,000 to $8,000 an acre! But it is worth 

 even more than its mere money value in 

 the improved health of the family. 



$51503 



The real garden grows fruits, flowers, and vegetables in conjunction, according to the requirements of the individual family: but no home garden should be 



without its quota of fruit trees and berry bushes 



