A Big Mistake 
HAD owned a lOO^acre farm, and this within 
one'half mile of my home on the old Green’s 
Nursery farms for 30 years before I moved, 
the farm being worked by one of my sons or 
others, and during all these years (I deserve to be kicked 
hard) I never planted a fruit tree on the place or told the 
tenants to except a row of apple trees on two sides of a 
57'acre lot. Now had I planted in place of the 80 apple 
trees around the place, say 15 Pears, 20 Cherries, 
15 Plums, 15 Prunes and only 20 Apples in assortment 
early to late, what a difference that would have made:. 
I do not list Peach trees in the list for that would be too 
great a temptation to those who travel the roads. I have 
400 bearing Peach in rows on the farm now. There was an 
old orchard and a few scattering worn out old pear and 
prune trees on the place. In the spring of T9 I moved up 
to the farm and even now my neglect is painful to me, for 
I have not so far a goodly full assortment of apple, pear, 
plum of a full bearing age standing and have had to buy or 
go without. My family often criticize me for this neglect 
and they are justified in this surely. 
THE APPLE IS CO^NG BACK—(“An Apple a Day 
Keeps the Doctor Away”). Remember the time when after 
supper a big dish of golden and red apples graced the sitting 
room, and father, mother and the kiddies always ate one 
or more before going to bed. Fortunate is the man who 
resides in the suburbs of the cities or in the country who 
has room for one or more apple trees, a tree of Yellow 
Transparent from which he can pick juicy yellow fruit 
soon after the strawberries are gone or from a Duchess or 
Astrachan a little later on for eating or for sauce and pies, 
in place of going to town and purchasing a peck at about 
50c, which cost the store^keeper possibly 15c. Yes, the one 
with a small garden is planting more fruit trees. He is 
learning that fruit guaranteed fresh from the garden is 
better and far less costly. 
I AM OFTEN ASKED THE QUESTION, “ How many 
strawberries, raspberries, currants, gooseberries, grapes, 
etc., would be needed to supply a family of a given number 
with fruit during the season,” and about the only reason' 
able reply can be given is as follows: 
200 to 300 strawberry plants, 25 to 50 raspberries in 
assorted varieties—early to late, 4 red and 2 white cur' 
rants, 3 or 4 gooseberry bushes, 6 grape vines, early to 
late, should supply a family of 6 with a continuance of 
fresh fruits during the season. If a supply is needed for 
canning or jam, jelly, etc., then the number of each might 
well be doubled perhaps. Naturally, it depends much upon 
the likes of the folks in the home. In my case I am per' 
haps foolish enough to buy many quarts of Southern pro' 
duced strawberries (and you know what these are, they are 
mainly disappointing). I enjoy a dish of the excellent 
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