CITY AND SUBURBAN FRUIT GARDENING 
Two story gardening has been 
practiced for centuries in Europe 
where space is limited and it is 
essential that you get the most out 
of every foot of land. This type of 
gardening adapts itself to the city 
or suburban back yard. You grow 
your small fruits and vegetables on 
the first floor of your garden and the 
tree fruits on the upper floor. This 
can multiply the production from 
your limited space. 
The dimensions of this garden are 
30 by 50, but it will be easy for you 
to adapt it to your own small back 
yard dimensions. Keep in‘mind the 
importance of growing the more ex- 
pensive items such as fruits. Here 
it is also important that you combine 
food production with ornamental 
beauty. In these times, when you 
plant a tree for ornamental uses or 
shade, it should be a fruit tree or a 
fruit bearing vine. Let your trees 
serve a triple purpose — for food and 
shade and beauty. In the spring, 
fruit tree blossoms will add delightful 
beauty to your garden at a time 
when few if any other plants are in 
bloom, giving an early rich life to 
your garden. Cutting fruit tree 
flowers will help in your regular 
pruning process and at the same 
time give plenty of the most fragrant — 
cut flowers for the home. Then as 
the season progresses you harvest a 
bountiful crop of highest quality tree- 
ripened fruit from your own trees. 
Tree-ripened fruit has richer flavor 
and more fruit sugar content. The 
last few days on the tree bring the 
quality to its highest. Shrubs and 
other border plants can be berry 
bushes and grape vines. Grape ~ 
arbors give excellent ornamental 
effects. There is a fruit bearing 
plant for every ornamental situation. 
Fruit — A Most Important Part of Your Garden 
Prof. Talbert, Univ. of Mo., says: 
“It is now recognized that FRUIT, 
one of the EXPENSIVE kinds of 
food, must be present in generous 
amounts in the healthful diet.” 
There are other outstanding ad- 
* sugar. 
» and the young folks like it in that 
Children love fruit—ijit’s natural fruit 
sugar, vitamins, minerals, etc. are easily 
digested and bring health and strength. 
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vantages about fruit plants. They 
are long lived and yet their first cost 
is surprisingly low. They increase 
in value year after year instead of 
decreasing in value as do man-made 
things — houses, autos, clothing, etc. 
1914% Increase in Sugar 
in Last Few Days On Tree 
In reporting analyses by Dr. O. W. 
Davidson in 1941, the N. J. Horticul- 
tural Society has shown that J. H. 
Hale Peaches increased 19146% in 
sugar content in last few days on the 
trees while the fruit was developing 
from the firm ripe stage to the fully 
tree-ripened condition, 
The N. J. Horticultural Society 
News states: “In these times when 
so much attention is given to the 
sugar shortage it is well to call at- 
tention to the fact that there are 
many other sources than refined 
The tree fruits contain sugar 
form. Many youngsters will eat a 
ripe apple or a peach when they re- 
fuse to eat bread, cookies or even 
cake. . . . These results (Dr. O. W. 
Davidson’s tests) emphasize the im- 
portance of fully ripe peaches not 
only from the standpoint of higher 
sugar content but because of lower 
acidity & much better edible quality.” 
