FRUITS 










Photo (14, life-size) of Wealthy Apple properly 
pruned and sprayed. Dwarf trees make this 
work easy. See pages 18 and 19 
Life-size clusters of large cultivated 
Blueberries ready to pick. 
See page 22 
DRAINAGE 
Air among the roots is more essential than food, as it 
enables a tree to use the food. Hence, drainage must al- 
ways be good in an orchard. Sandy soil, a gravel sub- 
soil or plentiful stones on a slope make natural drainage. 
It can be created by tile or stone drains, 
WATERING 
The supply of water determines growth and fruitfulness— 
particularly in summer. Nearby springs are the usual 
natural supply for the soil. Artificial watering is all right 
for a very few trees, but commercially a meager water- 
supply is eked out by cultivation of the surface, or by a 
cover crop turned under in August or late July. 
FERTILIZING 
Commercial fertilizer being scarce, manure is the usual 
substitute. Apply in early spring only and omit entirely on 
trees making a lusty, rich-colored growth of leaves. We 
offer natural fertilizer for sale. (See back cover.) 
PRUNING 
Cut cautiously: much damage is done by over-cutting. 
The more leaves left on a tree, the likelier it is to bloom 
(and bear) next year. Let no parallel branches lie closer 
than a foot apart, remove chafing branches, and you have 
little more to do, Cut clean with sharp tools; all cuts 
sloping to shed rain; paint at once, don't let rain fall on 
unpainted cuts. 
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On these 8 pages are most hardy forms of per- 
manent food-producing plants. For the most part 
they need some care, but those most labor-saving 
include: Crab-apples, Bush-cherry, Blueberry, 
Blackberry, nut trees and (in regular fruit) the 
dwarfed forms rather than the standard trees. An 
orchard so planned can produce a full crop and 
yet be less than half as much work and expense 
as an unplanned orchard. Fruits are planted like 
any other deciduous tree (see page 33) or, if 
shrubby, see page 26. 


BEAUTIFUL BLOOMS 
PLANTING DISTANCES 
Some kinds are out- Apple, Standard ...30 by 30ft. 
standingly more showy Apple, Dwarf ...... 10 by 10 ft. 
in bloom than others. : 95 { 
Here are the ten best. Cherry § #0 i¢ah- oer 25 by 25 ft. 
APPLE (pink! fragrant) Peach or Plum...... 20 by 20 ft. 
McIntosh group Peach or Plum, 10¢ 
Red Astrakhan Dwarf aCe ee Ce 10 by t 
Red Rome Beauty Pear, Standard ..... 29 by 29 ft. 
Wealthy Pear D Werte ee 10 by 10 ft. 
APPLE (showy white) Apricotwins sence 15 by 15 ft. 
inde vile Greening Quince ab-acn) ighal tee 12 by 12 ft, 
Yellow transparent Blackberry ..... 2 ft. by 6 to 8 ft. 
PEACH (large pink) Raspberry ..... 2 ft. by 5 to 6 ft. 
Crawford Grapes: 22 eee ee 8 by 10 ft. 
Elberta Blueberry s2e5. eee 4by 6 ft 
Hale Bush-Cherry ....... 4Aby 6it. 
PLUM (showy white) Chesnut. tna 30 by 30 ft. 
Abundance Walnut =e ..40 by 40 ft, 
