The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1898-12-07
BERLIN SUBURBAN SCENES.
City Surrounded by Pretty Fruit
Growing Tracts and Colonies
for the Workingmap.

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The fiotillas of fruit boats which de-
scend the Havel lakes at this season to
discharge their contents into the mar
kets of Berlin remind me that the sub
urbs of the city may be very unreasona-
bly, decried. From the market gar
dener's point of view, the south and
southwest envirous of the capital can
challenge comparison with almost any
part of the empire. Asparagus and
strawberries are grown in abundance,
and the most successful nursery gar
dens in Germany are to be found be-
tween Potsdam and Berlin. 1t is, how
ever, in the cherry orchards of Werder
that the suburban resident makes his
most confident appeal. They are
planted on the slopes Of sandy dunes,
and the Story of their blossom in spring
and the fruits of their flower in sum
mer are due to the most careful culti-
vation and parental indulgence of the
soil. The whole great mass of cherry
trees consists of forest of dwarfs, cut
so low that the branches almost touch
the ground, and the ripening fruit
gathers the full benefit of the re-
fected heat Of the sand. The ground
about the roots Is kept free from
weeds, 30 that no foreign growth may
absorb such nourishment as 1t con-
tains, and every tree has Its private
collector of rain. The prosperity Of
Werder and other fruit-growing oen-
4ers In Brandcnburg stones in a meas
urs for the rural emigration which Is
fast emptying the fields Of their la
borsrs.
The landscape gardener, Voc, has
found q vocation In the suburbs. In
KarshoYst In the east, In Ponkow IN the
north, In Mahlow and Wannsee IN the
south, and all the way through zehlsn-
doYf and Grunewald TO tho very edge
Of the pine trees and the beginning Of
the city, colonies Of villas have grown
up In the last few years for the health
and happinsss Of hsrdworking bush
ness men. A villa in the suburbs means
more to Berliner than to a Londoner.
II means a release feom the fats sys-
tenn Of dwelling-houss. II means the
enjoyment Of an independent front
door and the novelty of domestic
staircase. It Is, however. due to the
sense Of reaction that the villa resi-
dents display their taste In every kind
Of variety. Roooco maisonettes, minia-
ture castles with tiny battlements,
Bavarisn cottages, Swiss chaletas and
many other styles are affected by these
liberated citizens. Each little house
has it's own little garden, where arti-
fetal gnomes and kobolds renew the
romance of Teuton wood.
The colonies" SO far at least as the
cheaper residences are concerned, are
worked by limited building societies,
which are far from proving Sc disas-
trous an experiment in Germany as
they have occasionally turned out
among ourselves. A villa with three
rooms, hall. kitchen, ETC.. and We
randa and garden can be acquired from
the "Berlin Homesteads company
Uimited)" for the initial outlay of
s75 and the payment of e24 yearly as
interest on the rest of the purchase
money. The urban exodus from Ber-
lin is taking rapid strides, and the ques-
tion Of settling workingmen's "colo-
nies' In the suburbs Is only matter Of
time, now that the resources Of steam
and electric accommodation are 30
admirably utilized-London Post.