THE HOME ORCHARD 
“An Investment in Beauty, Pleasure and Profit” 
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The typical Wisconsin farm orchard consists 
of 20 to 60 fruit trees. Because the McKay Nurs- 
ery Co. believes that every farm owner should 
grow a more or less complete line of fruit trees 
as well as small fruits, we present our plan of a 
“Complete Home Orchard.” This orchard will 
keep the average family supplied with home- 
grown fruits of various kinds and varieties 
through the different seasons of the year. This 
plan can be modified to suit the individual fam- 
ily’s wants, tastes, and needs. We present it to 
you as a guide to work from. 
McKAY’S “COMPLETE ORCHARD” 



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30 APPLES 
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30 APPLES 
5 Summer Apples 3 Crab Apples 
7 Fall Apples 15 Winter Apples 
6 CHERRIES 
3 of one early variety. 3 of one late variety. 
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Cherries do not grow, substitute “McKay's Hardy LACK RASPRERNT Cee nae 
Cherry Plums.) 
5 PLUMS 
1 each of 4 varieties which will ripen in succes- 
sion through August and September. 
1 pollenizer Plum tree to be planted in center 
of above group. 
4 PEARS 
1 or 2 each of several varieties suitable for your 
locality. 
100 RED RASPBERRIES 
25 of an early variety. ; 
75 of a standard midseason variety. 
25 BLACK RASPBERRIES 
6 GOOSEBERRIES 
3 each of 2 varieties. 
9 CURRANTS 
6 of one standard juicy variety for jellying. 
3 of a variety for pies, marmalades, etc. 
12 GRAPES 
Made up of several varieties. 
200 STRAWBERRIES 
150 June berries. 50 Everbearing berries. 
SUITABLE PLANTING 

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The complete “Home Orchard” 
should be laid out on a piece of land 
close to the farmstead. This makes 
it easier to care for it and encourages 
you to do the work at the proper 
time. It is also more convenient for 
the various members of the family 
to eat and enjoy the ripe fruits. 
CULTIVATION 
Young Fruit Trees grow best if 
the ground is cultivated the first few 
years. This is best done by planting 
Potatoes or Corn between the rows 
of fruit trees. If new trees are set 
out in an old orchard, spade the 
ground for a 2-foot radius around 
the tree and then cover ground with 
a 6 to 8-inch mulch of straw, hay, 

or strawy manure. Even a heavy 
mulch alone on the sod will soon 
kill out the grass and conserve the 
moisture for the benefit of the tree. 
Small Fruits. Our orchard has 10 
feet of headland at the ends of the 
small fruit rows to allow for horse 
cultivation. Because farm help is 
scarce, the small fruits should be cul- 
tivated by horse power, not hand 
labor. Several good ground stirrings 
with a one-horse cultivator will keep 
the ground loose, keep weeds down, 
conserve the moisture, and keep the 
Raspberries and Strawberries from 
running all over the patch. Like- 
wise, a 12- to 15-inch mulch of straw 
between the rows of Raspberries, 
Currants, Gooseberries and Grapes 
will answer the same purpose. 
DISTANCES OR PLANTS e ROSE EERE a ; i Tae eRUry TREES 
ince raspberries bear only on last year’s irst Year. (Read planting instructions on 
et eats 0 PER ACRE canes, it is customary to cut out all the old page 41.) In general, prune fruit trees to a 
Ppples ....--- 20 to, 3 WA Site Bee 7260 canes (canes that bore fruit) every fall. single leader or main upright branch on 
Peatseanie ieee 16 to 20 11 5 f : 5808 This throws the strength of the roots into which are left 3 to 5 side branches well 
Cherries 160tOND0 Vx to wee eee growing new canes which will again bear spaced up and down the trunk, as well as 
Roe a the following year. growing out in all four directions of the 
Plums 7s... 16 to 18 Sica 5 ct Cee eee 2904 Since raspberries spread by suckers, cul’ compass. 
Reachesmeme ncn 16 to 18 Tin 6 fee ee . 2420 vas or nels as described above will Second Year. Further build up the branch 
Cueramtsun crete 4 by 6 BG) fe 2074 ack a c coe HELENS aS stets 18 formation of your trees to form the above 
Gooseberries Pa i(< © pembCnnua a teniesiaayy S tasttie inches wide, Suckers coming out beyond skeleton. Cut out cross branches as well as 
y such a width should be destroyed by the pew sucker side branches. Better to have 
Grapes ste eees 6 by 8 Ar hit Eaomn Pre, hea ae 2178 tees Ce eens out aun the deep fewer side branches than too many. If a 
Raspberries LP Meet aude ounue 1815 rianaeenbie naire Sete ae Spt tree lacked a branch coming out in one 
Strawberries 14 by Aeris POE BP he a MS 1iss5 STRAWBERRY CULTURE : direction the first year, leave a sucker that 
5 h A> as comes out the second year to perfect the tree 
RULE: Multiply the ee at Our vom lee Home Orchard skeleton. Hold back vigorous growing side 
di Pe ee ‘: OFS te ee ee 908 plan shows 2 settings of strawberries. We ER SES Gb gain uniformity in branch 
istance in feet between 4 B Hemoth : 
one as a l-year bearing bed, the other as 
t 1; eee sae ae poi Pola ected car nen 680 i bed. The & : f growth all around the tree. In succeeding 
the rows Dy the istance 8 x 10 ft 545 a newly ct ed. ine best practice o Pee years prune just enough to keep tree bal- 
the plants are apart in rate eS AU lo oro oc pas strawl eas te to aie out Se 5 anced and open in growth. This produces 
rows and the product will U6nxal Grits eee 170 Diana cbaveolee cae ae shee larger and better colored fruit. 
be the number of square ist oe 1 fee 135 cultivator while the plants are making run- RODENT PROTECTION 
feet for each plant Gio Nile! eee, GN eee ners. The following year it will bear fruit It is advisable to wrap fruit trees with 
hich. divid : h > DOR OR Eee 110 heavily, whereupon it is plowed up in the burlap or tar paper the first winters against 
which, divided ; into the fall. After being manured in the winter itis rabbit and mice injury. Again, ordinary 
number of feet in an acre DA AN tte een eee Oe a, ready for a new plant setting in the spring. fly screen can be circled around the trunk 
(43,560), will give the 7 x 27 ft 60 This rotation makes for the easiest growing loosely and left on for several years, or until 
6 at oe Patus leeas ee and care of a strawberry bed, and gives you it rusts off. Be sure to place wrapping 
number of trees. ROMERO, oon ée 48 the maximum of fruit with the least labor. below ground, so mice can’t get inside it. 
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