April, 1917 
WISCONSIN HORTICULTURE 
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to the Yucca and Dianthus. I 
tried it — result — no Yucca, no Di- 
anthus. 
We have visited some of the 
nurseries in the vicinity of Mil- 
waukee, as a Club making selec- 
tions of plants and shrubs while 
in bloom, even taking some of 
them home with us, safely trans- 
planting them while in full bloom. 
We were quite sure we got what 
we wanted. We are also trans- 
planting some of the native plants 
and shrubs and urging others to 
do the same. 
We are trying to foster a spir- 
it of civic pride, to induce people 
to mow the weeds on vacant lots, 
to beautify the school grounds. 
We are hoping to have a public 
meeting this winter with a good, 
live speaker from the AY. S. H. S. 
to stir up enthusiasm. We are 
each and every one doing all we 
can to boost the State Fair, espe- 
cially the Horticultural part of :t. 
We are in hopes that many more 
Garden Clubs will be formed 
throughout the State this winter. 
We are in hopes that the Fail- 
Board will allow us to exhibit as 
Garden Clubs. AVe want to fill 
that small building they call a 
Horticultural Hall, so full that 
they will be obliged to give us a 
larger building, for if they don’t, 
they won ’t be able to get inside. 
We are really doing nothing 
spectacular in our Garden Club. 
We are just a few people who are 
seeing — and learning to see more 
of the beauties of nature; enjoy- 
ing life as we believe ‘it was 
planned to enjoy it — with the 
trees, birds and flowers in our 
gardens. 
Mrs. C. M. Strong. 
See that all decaviug vegetables 
in the cedar a-e removed. 
The Home Orchard. 
Several inquiries have been 
received since March 1st from 
people who want to plant a home 
orchard; varieties, where to buy 
trees, planting, etc., and every 
one a hurry up call. If these 
good people had considered this 
subject a few weeks earlier it 
would have been to their advan- 
tage. 
The fall or early winter is the 
best time to order nursery stock 
as the buyer is then reasonably 
certain to get what he orders. 
Later orders, received when the 
Blood Root. Sanguinaria Canadensis. 
Just a little later than Hepatica. 
supply of the standard sorts is ex- 
hausted, are apt to be liberally 
spotted with substitutions. 
April, however, is not alto- 
gether too late to order trees and 
the following suggestions are of- 
fered for a farm orchard of 24 
trees, two trees of each variety: 
Orchard No. 1. 
Apples 
Tolman 
Lubsk Queen 
Duchess 
Crabs 
AVealthy 
Hyslop 
McIntosh 
Martha 
Northwestern 
Plums 
Windsor 
Surprise 
Scott 
De Soto 
Orchard No. 2. 
Apples Crabs 
2 Duchess 2 Hyslop 
4 Wealthy Plums 
4 Northwestern 2 Hawkeye 
4 Windsor 2 De Soto 
2 Tolman 2 Sapa 
For the north central counties 
substitute Malinda for AYindsor 
and Patten Greening for North- 
western. 
Plant the trees 25 feet apart 
on well drained soil that has been 
fitted as well as for a crop of corn 
or potatoes and cultivate as often 
and as thoroughly as for either of 
these crops. 
Potatoes, beans or sweet corn 
may be grown between the tree 
rows for the first four or five 
years if the space between the 
trees is kept free from grass and 
weeds. Don’t fail to cut back 
the tops severely at planting 
time. 
Double Planting. 
A member asks if it is advisable 
to plant plum trees between apple 
trees spaced 25 feet apart. 
Ans : It would certainly be very 
unwise to do this. The plum trees 
would scarcely come to bearing 
age before the trees would crowd 
so badly as to prevent effective 
cultivation or spraying and in ten 
years or less neither apple nor 
plum would be worth cultivating 
or spraying. 
A Question About Pruning. 
Q. How much should the previ- 
ous season’s growth be cut back 
on apple trees which are two and 
three years planted? 
Ans. Do not cut back at all un- 
less in the case of too ambitious 
branches which have reached out 
or up so far as to injure the shape 
or the balance of the top. Shape 
the top of the tree by thinning, 
but do little heading back unless 
you want a dumpy tree. 
