Section [I] 
FRUITS and NUTS for AUTUMN 
N these 6 pages are most hardy forms of permanent food-producing plants. For 
the most part they need some care, but those most labor-saving include: Crab- 
apples, Bush-cherry, Blueberry, Blackberry, Wineberry, nut trees and (in tree 
fruit) the dwarfs rather than standard trees. All 
can be planted in Oct.-Nov., almost a year gained 
over next Spring and identical success. A sod 
mulch helps. Plant according to hints on page 7 
for deciduous trees and shrubs. Specimens should 
be staked. Sweet Cherries are an exception: Risk 
is increased 5% to 10%. 
Dwarf Espalier Fruits 
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Even if such trees were not orna- 
mental, they would be note- 
worthy for fruit alone; but they 
are beautiful—clean-cut form and 
healthy young side growth—something 
new and different. Use them instead 
of vines against the house: train them 
along wire fences to add beauty and 


interest. _U-form Four-Arm 
4 ui 
Place six inches away from walls and peeenone ae 
allow 18 inches beyond—requiring in Pears Apples 
all two feet out from the wall. Spray Rese only 
for disease as with any fruit tree. $8.50 each $14.00 each 
Fan-sh 
Ten to twelve feet is the maximum Six-Arm BEOUERCBeGS 
height to which true dwarf Espaliers re 5 feet high 
will grow. Little pruning is needed— Gicot wide) eee 
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beyond keeping the small new spurs Apples Nectarines 
from reaching more than six inches Pears Plums 
outside of the main stems. $23.00 each $14.00 each 
APPLES PEARS PEACHES PLUMS 
KINDS OF Jonathan Oe ae Riviera) Elberta Damson 
Red Delicious (most delicious known) Hiley Reine Claude 
ESPALIERS Red McIntosh Bartlett Rochester Burbank 
Cortlandt Duchess d'Angouleme Crawford Abundance 
AND DWARFS R. I. Greening Flemish Beauty Champion German Prune 
AVAILABLE Wealthy Clapp’s Favorite Belle of Georgia Italian Prune 
eis Yellow Transparent Beurre d'Anjou 
eee Se edwin (Northern) Spy Seckel NECTARINES APRICOTS 

Dwarf Fruit Trees [122.332 
When ordinary varieties of fruit are grafted on special 
dwarfing stocks, the result is a tree whose fruit is as 
large or larger than ordinary, but which never grows 
very large—perhaps ultimately 12 to 15 feet, but not 
over 10 feet in the first decade or so. 
The advantages are two-fold: First, a dwarf can be sprayed, 
pruned and picked by hand without ladders, equipment or pro- 
fessional skill. Second, the tree bears much earlier in life, in its 
third or fourth year at latest—often earlier—and carries unbeliev- 
able loads of fruit. 
The stocks we use to graft applies are true Malling varieties, but 
some kinds do best with more and some with less-dwarfing 
stocks. So with pears, peaches, plums, apricots: The most prac- 
tical stock for the particular fruit being grafted is chosen. The 
result is, we think, the best dwarf trees available at any price. 
1 year (about 3 feet)—Not branched $2.50 
2 year (slightly taller)—Branched_ 3.75 
3 year (4 to 5 feet)—Heavier. 5.00 
(All kinds but apricots) 
5 year—bearing specimen _... 9.00 
(Apples, pears and plums only) 
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