SUGGESTIONS TO WISCONSIN FRUIT-GROWERS. 485 
to be thus fenced and provided with out-buildings, and even a 
dwelling house of these materials. Every judicious person 
would pronounce such place to be in comfortable and conve- 
ient order for the pursuits of domestic life. The cost of these 
improvements, the original value included, would fall much be¬ 
low its present value ; besides, it is now fitted for the com¬ 
mencement of a successful and superior method of fruit-raising, 
and is fortified against most kinds of depradators, man inclu¬ 
ded—the latter no insignificant item at this day. 
The walls of such buildings, as well as the extensive ranges 
of fence, would furnish exposures to every point of the com¬ 
pass. The study of their adaptation to various purposes, 
would engage the attention of their ingenious proprietor. 
Bee-cultivation, under the improvements of Mr. Langstroth, 
is becoming successful, and is a kind of auxiliary to fruit grow¬ 
ing. His bee colonies would be located in a safe and protected 
situation. His asparagus bed, vegetable garden, minor fruits, 
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such as the currant, gooseberry, raspberry, berberry and black¬ 
berry. would each be placed in its appropriate position. Some 
trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants will prove hardy on a 
northern exposure, protected from the sun; others, again, re¬ 
quire the warmest and most sunny locations. An apricot tree, 
! placed near the northwestern corner of a dwelling house, in a 
frosty region was known to perfect full crops for many years 
in succession, while all other trees of that kind in the vicinity, 
failed. 
Both vines and fruit trees, trained as espaliers, against these 
walls, might be laid upon the ground, receive the requisite pro¬ 
tection from earth, leaves, boards, &c., at the approach of win¬ 
ter, and, on the return of spring, might be restored to their for- 
merpositions. If the occurrence of frost be apprehended during 
the latter season, they might be temporarily protected by mats, 
sheeting, or screens. Cheap, effective, and durable screens 
ean be formed by framing together styles, after the model of 
door frames, and nailing upon them plates of zinc. A coat of 
boiling hot gas tar renders them imperishable. 
