Nebraska advertiser., 1882-04-20
RAISING HIS OWN. FRUIT.
An Erampie for Isoys in the Coun

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~ think there never was boy who
did not love to eat every kind of fruitr'
This sage'remark was made by. Fred
Garfield tofhis elder brother as they
looked wistfully over the fence between
their own fruitless garden aud Mr..
Blacks very tempting orchard which in
the proper season produced abundantly
apples, pearss grapes, peaches, plunis,
apricots and all the small fruits known
to the intelligent gardener. Justat that
moment Mr9 Black himself appeared
among the trees, and Fred, forgetting
his usual modesty. called out: "Mr.
Black, may take some of these apples
that hang over the fencep' El Ht
For some unaccountable reason the
gentleman spoken to was not in his
usual mood Of generosity, and, answer
ing the boy quite roughly, replied:
r" Why don'tyou grow apples for your
selfg" Poor Fred who was already
moving towards the attractive tree,
turned quickly away. and the tears
started in his eyes, IA 'N
II told you not 70 ask him. said his
brothers, reproachfully, "but YOU paid
no attention to me; you will mind me,
next time, / think. ar. .g ~
z" will have fruit of my own, next
time"' said Fred, suppressing sob and
, drying his tears lest any one might see
his modification; for spirit of indie
pendencei had been awakened by the
late affront. ~ W. p"
''There is not tree in our garden
said his brother, "and you know the
place is not our own; ii. you were to
plant treeS you might never eat the
fruit" at will be good for other boys
then" said Fred, with determination in
his tone. Il will plant them, and
may eat. of the fruit, tool 81 a 'EF'
His brother laLghed at this newly
formed resolution; but il only fixed
more firmly Fred maryland indepen-
dent decision, and he. began at once to
learn the season for planting the differ
.ent kinds of fruit-trees. Without losing
a da,yhe was soon at work laying out a
bed for strawberries. The plants were
procured from neighbor, who was
digging up some of his and who. said
that any one who wanted them might
have them. sw
Fred next found two, nice apple trees
growing wild in the wood, AS they
We're Just the Side for trsinsplantinG.
when NovemberS came she removed
them to his little garden. "A young
plum treeswass dng,lIp from the fenoe,
with his rieighbor's permission, md sew
eral peach trees, which came up Of
themselves the spring before, and stood
| in a cluster in the back yard all were
transplanted 10 the new garden Some
\ grape-vipe cuttings Were carefully
! planted in a damp corner near high
wall and a cherry tree from the road
side found its place in Fred orchard il
Our little gardenerywas more anC
more interested day by day, as hC
| watched the growth of his trees. Hi
delight was boupdless, hpweyer, wher
he saw the strawberlfes put forth bios
/ SONS. Now" said BE, Z. ( shall sa,
\ nothing about them Till they are ripe
and then surprise motherswith dish O
strawberries and eream"A Ia
Fred was not spning with thewater
ing-po1 and When ,other boys wer
romping along the street, he was foun
in his Fsartien pulling up weeds, train
ing his grape vines, orr after sunset
sprinkling the young plants with water
In the meantime he learned how t
graft and bud his trees and, when a
opportunity offered, heiadded anothe
tree or picked up, some new informatio
about the cultivation Of fruit.
The fourth ofJuly had come, briggl
and lovely, after a heavy rain of th
J night before. Fred was Aout iri his gai
den at sunrise, for he expected some
thing of interest there, Imagine b
delight when he saw his strawberrt
red With ripe clusters He gathere
some of the finest, and by the tim
! breakfast was ready he had dish {
beautiful berries placed by his mother