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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
March, 1913 
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GUARANTEED 
PLUMBING 
FIXTURES 
T HE home builder knows that when 'Standard" Plumbing 
fixtures are installed in his bathroom, they represent the 
highest sanitary experience and skill—that better equipment 
could not be bought. They make the bathroom modern and 
beautiful and assure a healthful home. Standard" fixtures should 
be specified always in preference to all others because of their 
unquestioned superiority. 
Genuine '(Standard" fixtures for the Home 
and for Schools, Office Buildings, Public 
Institutions, etc., are identified by the 
Green and Gold Label, with the exception 
of one brand of baths bearing the Red and 
Black Label, which, while of the first 
quality of manufacture, have a slightly 
thinner enameling, and thus meet the re¬ 
quirements of those who demand '(Standard" 
quality at less expense. All '(Standard" fix¬ 
tures, with care, will last a lifetime. And 
no fixture is genuine unless it bears the 
guarantee label. In order to avoid sub¬ 
stitution of inferior fixtures, specify '(Standard" 
goods in writing (not verbally) and make 
sure that you get them. 
Standard Samtart) TI)fq. Co. 
Dept. 40 
New York 
Chicago 
Philadelphia 
Toronto, Can. 
Pittsburgh 
St. Louis 
35 West 31st Street 
900 S. Michigan Ave. 
. 1215 Walnut Street 
59 Richmond St. E. 
106 Federal Street 
100 N. Fourth Street 
Cincinnati . . 633 Walnut Street 
Nashville . 315 Tenth Avenue, So. 
NewOrleans, Baronne & St.JosephSts. 
Montreal, Can. . 215 Coristine Bldg. 
Boston . . John Hancock Bldg. 
Louisville . 319-23 W. Main Street 
Cleveland . 648 Huron Road, S. E. 
PITTSBURGH, PA. 
Hamilton, Can., 20-28 Jackson St. W. 
London . 57-60 Holborn Viaduct, E. C. 
Houston, Tex. . Preston and Smith Sts. 
Washington, D.C. . . Southern Bldg. 
Toledo, Ohio . . 311-321 Erie Street 
Fort Worth. Tex. . Front and Jones Sts. 
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SEND FOR catalogue 113 TETTENBORN & CO. CINCINNATI 
ESTABLISHED 1867 
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Has all food compartments of One Piece of Solid 
Porcelain (earthen) Ware an inch or more thick with 
rounded edges and corners ; without Joints, Cracks 
or Sharp Corners. Fired at about 2500° of heat for ten 
days. Practically Unbreakable. Made just like the finest 
china dish. The Sanitary permanence of the pure white 
surface; the durability, the added insulation these afford 
in connection with our five inch thick walls the 
smooth solid oak case and other patented and 
exclusive features are why the Tettenborn 
Solid Porcelain Refrigerator is the only perm¬ 
anently sanitary the most economical and the one 
which will give a life time of most satisfactory 
service. Made in all sizes. Special ones to order. 
it, that is, so that the main trunk will grow 
close to the wires and not several inches 
away. After planting, when growth 
starts, the main trunk should be cut off a 
few inches above the first wire and three 
buds allowed to develop. One of these is 
trained along the wire on either side of 
the trunk and the third encouraged to 
make an upright growth as far as the next 
wire, where the same process is used; that 
is three buds are left here, two of which 
are trained in either direction on the 
second wire, and the third bud which 
should preferably be on the opposite side 
of the trunk from the one below it, up to 
the third wire, etc. The shoots which 
start from the lateral branches should be 
kept cut back to four or five inches, sav¬ 
ing only one out of every two or three 
so they will not be too close together. 
Every spring, as soon as the buds are well 
started, all those which are not desired 
should be rubbed off before they make 
any considerable growth, as this is not 
only very much easier but also saves the 
strength of the tree for the growth which 
is retained. 
As regards the general care of dwarf 
fruit trees they are not very different from 
the standards except that in order to be at 
all successful they must be given excellent 
care in every way and that it is generally 
necessary to thin the fruits; an operation 
which as far as standard trees are con¬ 
cerned does produce better results, but 
which is not usually attempted on account 
of the difficulty of doing it thoroughly. 
With the dwarf trees, however, it is not 
only necessary, as they have the habit of 
setting two or three times the fruit which 
they have strength to develop—but they 
are much more easily thinned, as most of 
the fruit spurs may be reached from the 
ground or at the worst from a step-ladder. 
The thinning may be accomplished by re¬ 
moving part of the fruit spurs, or a half 
or more of the fruits themselves after they 
have set and made some growth, which 
will be before the first of August. 
Not only should the soil be made rich 
before the trees are set out, but they will 
need yearly attention in the matter of 
fertilization thereafter. As with standard 
fruits, green manuring with clover or 
some leguminous crop, especially during 
the latter part of the season, will be 
beneficial, and the soil should not be al¬ 
lowed to lack in potash. When there does 
not seem to be a rapid healthy growth in 
the spring a light application of nitrate of 
soda will usually be found of great service. 
Above all things the spraying must not be 
neglected, and where it is so easily ac¬ 
complished, there is absolutely no reason 
for doing so, especially with efficient ready 
prepared sprays of various sorts which 
are now to be had from many sources. 
Before using any of these, however, I 
would strongly advise the fruit grower to 
get the report of his experiment station 
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