1913. 
THE RURAL NliW-YOKKEPa 
295 
TWIN APPLES. 
The double apple shown is a Golden 
Russet, grown in Taylor County, W. Va. 
It is a complete union, not showing a 
break anywhere. Will some of the fruit 
FREAK GOLDEN RUSSET. 
experts tell us what is the cause of such 
a freak? There was another apple of 
the same kind on this tree. G. h. 
THE HOME CARDEN. 
Part I. 
One of the most neglected spots on 
many otherwise excellent farms is the 
kitchen garden. Many farmers do not 
seem to realize what part of their living 
can be raised in a garden. They are 
the ones who have a 20 x 50-foot gar¬ 
den with poor drainage, very much 
shade, and are satisfied with a row of 
asparagus, a small bed of strawberries, 
and the remainder filled in with to¬ 
matoes of an early variety. When other 
vegetables are grown the seed is of 
very questionable origin, planted v Hv, 
never thinned out, and as long as weeds 
do not hide them the plants are left to 
grow and develop as best they can with¬ 
out cultivation, never yielding one-half 
they should. 
Why be satisfied with this when a 
constant succession of the finest vege¬ 
tables in abundance and a plentiful sup¬ 
ply of small fruits is yours for a little 
work? The cost of seed and plants is 
hardly worth considering. Put on your 
thinking cap and figure out the benefit 
to be derived from a first-class garden. 
Walk out and see if you cannot spare 
a well-drained corner of a field with a 
southern, if any, slope. For a garden 
nothing is as important as full sun and 
drainage. Soil properly drained is 
warmer, dries faster and can be worked 
earlier in the Spring. It is easier to 
work in a wet season, more open and 
Fall-plowed land earlier in the Spring, 
and it will be dry enough to work 
a week earlier. When the ground is 
plowed in the Spring the manure plowed 
in in the Fall will be brought to the sur¬ 
face, and will be mixed in the soil by 
the harrowing, which should be thor¬ 
ough. This leaves it where the roots 
of the young plants can reach it, and 
they will be benefited by it immediately. 
If you want to set some fruit trees in 
connection with the garden, leave a 
place for an orchard north of the gar¬ 
den. Do not put fruit trees or any other 
in the garden. It it a very poor prac¬ 
tice, not only producing detrimental 
shade, but the rich top soil causes them 
to make an extended root growth near 
the surface that dries the ground quick¬ 
ly, causing any plants near them to be 
either killed or badly stunted. 
Before planting, make a plan of the 
garden. Leave a 10-foot headland on 
the east and west sides. Now commence 
by laying off a row for grapevines six 
feet from the north fence; set the vines 
eight feet apart in the row. This gives 
about 22 vines. By planting different 
good varieties and properly pruning 
them this is not too many. Beginning 
with the grape row lay off seven rows 
12 feet apart. Row No. 2 plant in the 
desired number of gooseberries, cur¬ 
rants, sage, thyme, and the remainder of 
the row set out in rhubarb. Row No. 3 
plant in red raspberries. Row No. 4 
plant in black raspberries. Row No.5 
plant in Early Harvest blackberries. 
Row No. 6 plant in Eldorado blackber¬ 
ries. Row No. 7 plant in asparagus; six 
feet from asparagus and four feet apart 
plant as many rows of strawberries as 
you desire. This plan leaves all the 
ground to be plowed in one place. Be¬ 
fore the berry bushes get large enough 
to fill the rows, a row of late sweet corn 
may be planted between the rows. 
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moist in a dry one. The location should 
be near the buildings and water, as the 
garden has to be visited frequently both 
in tending and in gathering, and much 
water will be needed in setting out plants 
and to help transplanted stock over¬ 
taken by a dry spell before they are 
thoroughly rooted. If you have a water 
supply run a pipe to the center of the 
garden and put in a hydrant. It will 
pay for itself many times over. If the 
garden can be so located as to be shel¬ 
tered from the north it will be earlier. 
The soil should be rich and deep, but 
do not sacrifice a well-drained, pro¬ 
tected location for a better soil in a less 
suitable place. The soil can be made 
good in a few years by the use of ma¬ 
nure, thorough cultivation, and an oc¬ 
casional application of lime. Plan the 
garden of ample size; an acre is not too 
large for the average farm family. Make 
it as nearly square as possible, 210 x 210 
feet is approximately an acre. This al¬ 
lows the rows to be so planted that 
horse cultivation may be used. Most 
farmers cannot spare time to hand-cul- 
tivate a garden planted by the intensive 
plan. When the garden needs cultivat¬ 
ing the farm crops also need it. An 
hour’s time can be spared with a horse 
when a day’s work with a hoe could not 
be. Do not neglect to use the hoe also. 
The wheel hoe, as soon as time can be 
spared to work it after horse cultivation 
quickly puts the ground in fine order. 
Give the garden a heavy application 
of well-rotted manure in the Fall, plow¬ 
ing it in, leaving the furrows exposed 
to the action of the frost, without har¬ 
rowing, and after plowing give it a coat 
of lime. This tends to loosen and light¬ 
en the soil. If the manure is applied in 
the Spring it will make a dry soil still 
drier, and if the season is a dry one 
have a tendency to burn up the young 
plants. The frost will come out of 
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served either with cream or 
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make a most appetizing dish for 
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These delicious toasted flaky 
bits of white corn have a deli¬ 
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Post Toasties are econom¬ 
ical, make less work for the 
busy housewife and please 
everyone at the table. 
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