Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-04-10
The Small Fruit Garden.

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A garden, planted to small fruits,
SUI h as strawberries, raspberries, cur
rants, grapes, etc. > Of the new, pro-
y ED to the planter. an abundance
of fresh, clean,, weltripened fruit for
the table, and an ample supply for can
ming. Besides, he may treat his friends
and i'll have a surplus tor the fnarne ct
, per acre Of his best wheat crop BY. a
may be sure of a continuous supply of
these fruits from the first day Of sum-
mer until midwinter.
Most kinds of small fruits have been
grown satisfactorily gon. neariy every
va ietv of soil. The grape has done
well in Michigan in places where the
land seemed to be almost afloat on q
subterranean lake, and it grows equally
we'll on the Highlands along the Hud-
son, where the thin layer of soil has
been hauled en- 10 cover the barren
rock. However, a deep, dark, loamv
soil must be considered the best, and an
incline to the southeast or east is a pre-
ferable one.
To cultivate advantageouslv. the
longer the rows the better Thus q
garden 2CO feet long by a. little over
thirty-six feet wide viii occupy one
sixth of an acre, and will contain six
rows 200 feet long. t--.s as
Beginning to plant on the north side
at the fence, let the first row be COM
posed of Gun ants and gooseberries At
grapes. This Tow. trained nicely to a
hnI DO thn
gooseberries, and thus keep them cool
ing attacked by d y-weathers mildew.
ioar feet south OF. the grapes plant
row of st awbe: ries. The plants may
second yea S. -brt terwa DIS allowed
'wide.S Let the next row be given to
raspbeaies. sixsfeet from. the ct aw-
betIiss. Six feet from the craspterres
give another row to ct aw6er les. rhis
Can be managed with the other strip III
bringing TO perfect productileness and
ploughinE up In alternate periods, Civ
ing three yen 5 to each row the paying
age of 10th AstSawberries. and lasp-
berries. The last row. six feet distant,
should be gii en- to bla ck berries
Plant the raspte. ries. currants and
blac khe@l les close, making hedge rows
of them Three feet apart insthe row
w1ll accomplish this. The roots aof
the can be beu ght for IS, If one does
not invest in the newer high priced
ones. The twenty grapevines can aIso
be bought for So, and 800 strawberry
plants : or $1.50. making in all $3.50
for the roots for the sixth of an acre.
Making allowance for the planting of
some OF the new kinds not koser $40
will be re Jul ed. A larger quantity of
fruit will be obtained each year until
the third or fourth, when all the kinds
win gite average yields at full ca
pacity. Il 4 IT. iEtIf 4
:. After a bountiful household supply of
all these varieties, including l5J quarts
and Ave, bushels of grapes,
there will remain fifty quarts OF straw
Berries, which If sold carry will certainly
bring sS5, and 100. pounds of grapes,
which will increase the returns to SO,
$3.50 ner acre. This. otter deductinr
expense of cultivating. pruning and
would still show Abetter re-
turns per acre than wheat. But these
figures are gathered frSma garden of
very moderate pretensions, in some
what unfavorable weather.. which had
slack culture, with the accompanying
weeds nearly always fouady in the farm
ers garden, and subject sto insect and
fungus. parasites. Indeed, the yields |
sre reduced forty percent. from those OBJ
aimed by the writer. But aftef all, the |
greatest profit derivable from this gar
len is one above. estimation in, dollars,
IN. T. Examiner. .ss-ft