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BETTER FRUIT 



MAKING OF A SMALL FRUIT GARDEN A NECESSITY 



From the Weekly Oregonian 



EVERY farmer has a vegetable gar- 

 den. Practically every farm has an 

 apple orchard, vi'hile there are cherry 

 trees along the fence rows and pears and 

 plums about the barn and house. Just 

 as these are considered a necessity on 

 every well ordered farm, so a garden of 

 small fruits is considered a necessity 

 wherever the people have become accus- 

 tomed to the luxury of having an abun- 

 dance of fruit for daily use. 



If we set out an orchard we must wait 

 before it will produce much fruit, but we 

 begin to eat of the small fruits the very 

 next season after setting the plants. If 

 we set strawberries this season we may 

 expect a full crop next spring, and of 

 raspberries a partial crop. Currants, 

 raspberries and gooseberries will gener- 

 ally bear full crops the third year if good 

 plants have been set out. 



If there is a warm knoll a few rods 

 from the buildings, says a writer in 

 Greene's Fruit Grower, select it for the 

 fruit garden. The ground should be well 

 drained, that is, water must not lie in it, 

 but is should not be soil which dries out 

 and bakes in warm weather. Land slop- 

 ing to the south or east is to be pre- 

 ferred for fruit growing when it can be 

 secured. The one location on the farm 

 to avoid is where the soil is cold and wet. 

 Fruits will do no good in such a location. 

 Buds and blossoms do not suffer as much 

 from frost on slight elevations as on low 

 grounds, hence we seek such places for 

 our fruit. Lay out the garden in har- 

 mony with the buildings and the fields. 



Give the ground a good heavy coating 

 of stable manure, plow it under and grow 

 a crop of corn or potatoes. Manure the 

 ground and plow again. It should be 

 cultivated thoroughly, and when dry it is 

 ready to plant. Spring planting is well 

 adapted for all small fruits, and is here 

 recommended. 



Plan a garden of a quadrilateral form, 

 much longer than wide. For an acre 

 garden, 400 feet long by 100 feet wide; a 

 half acre, 300 feet by 72 feet, or a quarter 

 acre, 175 by 45 feet. Let the rows be six 

 feet apart and the plants four feet in the 

 row. Having the length of the rows, the 

 number of rows and the distance apart in 

 the row, it is easy to calculate the num- 

 ber of plants of each kind which will be 

 needed. Strawberries may be set fifteen 

 inches apart in the row, the rows being 

 three feet apart. If all the plants, except 

 strawberries, are set so that they can be 

 cultivated in two directions by the horse 

 it will save much time and labor. 



For strawberries only a shallow drill 

 mark is made to indicate the position of 

 the rows. The roots of the plants are 

 carefully spread in a shallow excavation. 

 There is no trouble in securing a good 

 set of these plants if it is remembered 

 that the roots of these plants must never 

 be exposed to air or sun, that the plant 

 must be set at same depth as it stood 

 before moving, and, lastly, that the 

 earth must be thoroughly composted 

 about the roots. 



For the other small fruits furrow the 

 land out to a good depth. Drop the 

 plants in the rows at four feet, and with 



a hoe and the feet cover and tramp the 

 plants well into their places. Currants 

 and gooseberries will need to be set 

 deeper than raspberries and blackberries. 

 Buy only first class plants from reliable 

 dealers. No stable manure should be 

 placed in contact with the roots of 

 bushes at planting time. 



Give clean cultivation, just as corn 

 or potatoes need, no more, no less. Do 

 not let a weed grow, and keep the ground 

 always stirred until the growing season 

 is over. 



After setting strawberries should have 

 all the blossom branches and all the run- 

 ners pruned away, as they appear until 

 August. This will give good, strong 

 plants. After planting the raspberries 

 and blackberries cut off all the tops at 

 about a foot above the ground. When 

 the new tops are about four feet high 

 they should be cut off. This will give 

 sturdy plants, able to stand up without 

 stakes. After bearing the old canes are 

 cut out, as they bear but once. The 

 suckers should be cut down as they 

 appear. Currants and gooseberries should 

 have a large portion of the shoots cut 

 out each spring. This will throw all the 

 strength into fewer branches and give 

 finer fruit. 



The beginner is advised to plant only 

 such hardy varieties as have been proved 

 of value in his neighborhood, and not to 

 need winter protection. This is true of 

 all small fruits except strawberries, 

 which may be covered with leaves, clean 

 straw or corn fodder after the ground is 

 frozen, in the early winter. The best 

 mulching for all small fruits, except the 

 strawberry, is thorough cultivation, as is 

 given to corn and potatoes. 



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 Valley should know, and could know, 

 that there is one place in Hood River, 

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 shoes and groceries at the most reason- 

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