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THE GARDE X ]\I A G A Z I X E 
November, 1916 
RED CROSS 
FARM 
POWDER 
The Original and Largest Selling 
Farm Explosive 
use expensive high speed d>Tiamites when 
this slower, safer farm powder will save you 
from S3 to S5 per hundred pounds and for 
most farm uses do better work ? 
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As pioneers and leaders in developing farming 
with explosives our booklet gives the latest, 
most reliable and best illustrated instructions. 
Write for H.\XD BOOK OF EXPLOSIVES 
Xo. 523 F. 
DEALERS WANTED 
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advertising. You need not carry nor handle 
stock. State jobber’s name or bank reference 
when writing. 
E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company 
Established 1802 
/F Grid's largest makers of farm explosives 
Wilmington, Delaware 
Plant Nut Trees 
^ Reed’s Grafted Hardy Northern § 
^ Pecans and English Walnuts grafted § 
^ on Black Walnut are reliable, Beauti- § 
s ful Shade Trees, Prolific Bearers, i 
5 24 page illustrated Special Xut Catalogue on | 
I request. Latest information. Pioneers in Xut ; 
I Growing. 
VINCENNES NURSERIES 
: (Established 1891) 
Endorsed by leading Experiment Vincennes 
Stations and Dept. Agricoltare Indiana 
Big Trees and Shrubs 
at reasonable prices' — especially low prices on car 
lors. Fruit trees in Bearing size, both Stand- 
ard and Dwarf. Our New Blackberry, Erksine 
Park, is a Hummer. 
Irish Roses (grown to our order in a climate and 
soil especially adapted to roses) are expected in 
November. Better have yours reserved while the 
list is complete. November is not only ideal time 
to plant all hardy trees and shrubs but it is much 
better than late winter months to select. 
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S. G. HARRIS, Box A, Tarrytown, N. Y. 
400 Feet of W all Peaches 
P LACE an English country gentleman on the 
.•\rthur L. Lyman estate at Waltham, Mass., 
and he might well believe that he was back on his 
native soil. .As one enters the grounds from the 
highway he finds a quiet, open meadow, surrounded 
with venerable trees, which are reflected in a placid 
pond. .Across the meadow from the old colonial 
house is a 400-foot espalier wall, on which trained 
peaches are grown. This wall is the most prominent 
feature of the garden and emphasizes thd English 
atmosphere. 
It is doubtful if there is another place in this 
country where so many walled peaches are grown. 
The trees have been in bearing for five or six years 
and large crops are obtained almost every season. 
Well started trees were imported from England 
eight years ago and set out in ground which had been 
carefully prepared tor them. 1 rees to be grown in 
espalier form need rich soil, but resent the presence 
ot fresh manure. Both humus and lime are needed 
and the drainage must be very good. It is best to 
get the soil ready a year or two in advance, breaking 
up the earth well and working in an abundance of 
manure. The lime should be applied the year before 
the trees are set out. 
The two-year-old trees used on the Lyman place 
had received preliminarj' training before they were 
shipped and were not cut back very hard. They 
were set a few inches away from the wall and sloping 
toward it sufficiently to make fastening the branches 
on the wall in fan shape an easy matter. A top 
dressing of fertilizer occasionally keeps the trees 
growing thriltily and ol course the soil around the 
roots is kept well stirred. 
The wall itself is twelve feet high and the trees 
reach almost to the broad capping on the top. Each 
An espalier wall for peach trees 
fall they are taken down by the gardener and 
vigorously pruned, after which they are again 
fastened to the wall by their leather supports. 
Skillful pruning keeps the growth from becoming 
too rank and maintains a nice balance. This is 
important, for the peach-covered wall is considered 
ornamental as well as useful. 
.Another important piece of work is the thinning 
of the fruit, which is done early and thoroughly. 
Most men who grow peaches in the ordinary way 
have found that thinning is necessan’ in order to get 
satisfactory results, but it is even more necessary 
when trained trees are used. In fact, no one should 
try growing wall peaches unless he is willing to take 
off a large proportion of the fruit, giving each peach 
ample room to swell. 
Four different varieties are grown on the Lyman 
estate in order to provide a long succession and the 
names are familiar to English ears. They are Early 
Beatrice, a fair-sized peach, roundish, and red on one 
(Continued on page 1^2) 
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FRASER’S BEARING APPLE TREES 
Don’t wait for a young tree to grow to bearmg size. My 
trees are four years old and bore fruit this fall, so they are 
absolutely true to name. Set them out now and you will 
get their luscious fruit in 1918. 
Send for Fraser’s Tree Book and my special list of bearing 
fruit trees for the family garden. 
SAMUEL FRASER NURSERY, INC. 
173 Main St. ^eneseo, N. Y. 
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The Readers’ Service uill give you suggestions Jor fall planting 
