The American Garden 



COMBINED WITH 



Popular Gardening and Fruit Growing. 



Ko/. XII. 



T)ECEMBER, 1891. 



No. 12. 



QUICK RESULTS AFTER PLANTING. 



N IMPRESSION prevails widely that whoever would have fruit from trees and plants 

 of his own setting has long to wait for the product. Men of sixty often assume 

 that it is not wotth their while to begin planting so late in hfe, who yet live many 

 years after, in which they might as well enjoy fine fruits of their own. In May, 1889, 

 almost exactly 29 months previous to this writing, the planting of a thirteen-acre 

 place to fruit and other products was begun. This was to be the writer's home ; 

 and as the place was wholly without fruit, save a young apple orchard and some 

 cherry trees, he hastened to put himself and family in the way of an abundant 

 supply of fruits and vegetables. 

 Below is a record of the actual crops yielded, all within the brief period of 29 months from the be- 

 ginning of the work. The planting was done in May, 1889 : 



CROP AFTER IJ MONTH.S — 1S9O. 



Strawberries, by the bushel. 

 Raspberries, 



CROP AFTER 5 MONTHS — 1889. 



All kinds of seed-grown 

 vegetables. 



\ light crop. 



Blackberries, 

 Currants, 

 Gooseberries, J 

 Rhubarb. 

 Asparagus. 



All kinds seed-grown vegetables. 



CROP AFTER 29 MONTHS — 189I. 



Strawberries, "| 

 Raspberries, | 

 Blackberries, J- by the bushel. 

 Currants, 

 Gooseberries, J 

 Grapes, fine crop. 

 Botan plums. 

 Peaches. 

 Pears, a few. 

 Rhubarb. 

 Asparagus. 

 Vegetables. 



Outside of see;i-grown products, it will be noticed that these choice products, rhubarb, asparagus 

 and strawberries, figured chiefly among crops raised within 17 months from planting. These were all 

 most satisfactory. Of strawberries there was not only a lavish quantity for table use and preservmg, 

 but neighbors were invited in to help themselves to the surplus. In that same period many quarts of 

 bush-fruits — raspberries, currants, etc., were gathered for table use. 



In the present year, 1891, within 29 months of setting, the plantation yielded, in addition to seed- 

 grown vegetables, a bountiful supply of table and dessert products, beginning with rhubarb and ending 

 with grapes, of which latter the crop this year amounted to hundreds of pounds. Some, Hke the winter- 

 keeping Diana and lona, will be enjoyed in a fresh state until February and March. Neighbors again 

 were treated to a large surplus, and by means of a cook-stove evaporator, and by canning and preserving, 

 a supply was laid up that easily will last until the crop of 1892 comes in. Plums, peaches and pears gave 

 a taste, and prepared our minds for the prospective yields to come. 



Wait long for fruit ? By no means ! What has been done here was only the result of fair, ordinary 

 methods of culture, such as thousands of small land-owners can carry on. Let no one possessed of a few 

 rods of land suitable for fruit be deterred from attempting the pleasant and profitable task of growing a 

 quick and large supply of wholesome fruits, for the delectation of family and friends. 



