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190 
IN FRUIT 
a $2,000 to $8,000 a Year Profit from 
ey ONLY 10 ACRES 
You have heard of the wonders of irrigation. How would you like to own 
ten acres of irrigated fruit land in the famous Bitter Root Valley, where 
apples yield a clear profit of from $2,000 to $8,000 on ten acres every year ? 
Where Grains and Vegetables also are produced in such abundance that 
the profits are almost beyond belief? MHere’s your chance, if you have a 
little ready money—say $300 to $500. 
The World’s Greatest Irrigation Project 
The Bitter Root Valley Canal—81 miles long—built at a cost of over 
$1,500,000—is practically completed. It creates an opportunity for you to 
make a fortune in fruit. We are now offering for sale a portion of our 40,000-acre 
irrigated tract, at a mere fraction of its value as measured by that of adjoining land. 
We are making such easy terms that even the man of small means can afford to invest. 
A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS HOLD 10 ACRES OF THE 
FINEST FRUIT LAND IN THIS WONDERFUL IRRIGATED 
BITTER ROOT VALLEY ovntana 
Land and water sold outright—no ‘‘homesteading.’’ Present prices of only $100 to $150 per acre, on easy 
terms, afford those interested in fruit growing an unusual opportunity. 
This is the most attractive, prosperous and longest tried fruit valley in the Pacific Northwest. Nestled 
among the mountains, amid scenic beauties unsurpassed. Soil of exceeding depth and richness. The Land 
of Perfect Fruit! Noinsect fruit pests! 15,000 good neighbors! Rural Free Delivery—Farmers’ Telephones 
—Fine schools and Churches. Good roads everywhere. Steam and electric railroads bring world’s best 
markets to your door. Delightful place to live. The buyer of each tract of land will become a propor- 
tionate owner in the Canal, and thus obtain perpetual water rights. 
THE ACREAGE IS LIMITED! THE OPPORTUNITY BOUNDLESS! 
PROMPT ACTION IS IMPERATIVE! POSTAL BRINGS MAGNIFICENT FREE BOOK! 
The land is being sold off rapidly. Hundreds are making application. Investigate without delay. The 
Free Book and map give information that may be worth many thousands of dollars to you. Contains page 
after page of evidence, from unquestioned authorities, proving that $2,000 to $8,000 clear profit annually is 
being made onten-acre tracts of Bitter Root Valley irrigated fruit land. Fortune awaits the man who buys now. 
Write quickly for Free Book, Maps and full information. We want afew reliable agents. Address Dept. AR. 
BITTER ROOT VALLEY IRRIGATION CO., 110 Washington Street, CHICAGO 
Home of Famous 
“McINTOSH RED” 
Apples. 
FRUITS, FLOWERS, TREES 
Big variety to select from. I carry every kind of nursery stock. Ornamental 
trees, small fruits, evergreens, fruit trees, hedges, bulbs, roses, flowering bushes, aspar- 
agus, ete. All are hardy, strong plants, full of growing life and natural vigor. JI have 
everything needed for the garden, tools, spray pumps, mixtures, etc. Write for free 
spraying guide and handsome catalog. Doitnow. A. J. Collins, BoxT, Moorestown, N. J. 
Make Your Garden 
a Joy Forever 
Fill your garden with shrubs that 
grow more handsome every year. 
With perennials that increase in 
beauty and profusion of flowers with 
every season. 
We have been raising and selling 
plants and flowers for more than 50 
years. We have acres of greenhouses 
and 35 acres of outdoor growing things. 
Whatever you need to beautify 
your garden or your grounds we can 
supply you in choicest varieties. 
Send for our free illustrated catalog 
of trees, shrubs, plants, vines, roses, etc. 
The Geo. Wittbold Company 
1655 Buckingham Place, Chicago 
THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 
NoveEemMBer, 1908 
Duties for the Late Fall 
yeas necessary additions and changes 
in the border that were planned 
during the growing season must now be 
rushed to completion, and all planting must 
be completed before cold weather sets in. 
Helenium, Stokesia, lobelias, Senecio 
pulcher, and others of a similar nature had 
better be left undisturbed until spring, but 
almost all plants of a hard-wooded, fibrous- 
rooted nature may be safely moved and 
replanted. 
Fork up the border with a spading fork 
(not a spade) and leave the surface slightly 
rough. Do not endeavor to make it smooth . 
this fall. Fork lightly around the plants 
so as not to injure or loosen the roots and 
if possible raise the foliage of shallow rooted 
plants and fill in around the roots to the 
level of the newly spaded ground with fine 
loose soil. 
After the first heavy frosts, the roughness 
of the bed will soon disappear and the 
ground will dry out quickly during the 
winter and early spring. The frosts will 
be able to get at the soil because of its 
roughness and will pulverize and sweeten 
it. Give the border a good coating of 
manure to act both as a mulch and as a 
winter protection, putting the manure on 
to a depth of three or four inches. Cover 
the plants with the loosest and lightest of 
the material and the tender ones should 
also be given a covering of leaves, pro- 
tected by evergreen branches, which will keep 
the wind from blowing away the mulch. In 
the early spring, remove the roughest 
‘ portion and lightly fork in the balance. By 
this method I have seen beds of antirrhinum 
and Pentstemon gentianoides carried over 
the winter in good condition. 
Complete all bulb planting in the border 
before the winter covering is put on. 
Many 
A border of hardy flowers, planted close to the house, 
is very effective 
