Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-05-17
Fruit for the Home Grounds


farm or a Town lot, there Is generally
only fraction of the fruit on it there
should be and may easily be with a
little thought and planning. Not
many trees and bushes and plants are
required to furnish frnit in album.
dance from the middle of June all
through the summere and into the fall
for the average family; and when the
average family has such an abundance
the advantage of living outside the
crowded city is realized. The subur-
banite who has given proper thought
and care to the matter of fruit feels
that it is worth all the extra time and
tedium of the ride on the cars to his
place. This enjoyment of fresh, ripe,
luscious fruit is only one item of the
suburbanite's life, but the advantage
of a fruit supply and some suggestions
about varieties engage the thought at
present.
If the place is small it need not dis
courage the owner or renter, for a sur
prising amount of fruit can be obtained
from small place. And if one rents
place it need be no bar to planting
and reaping the advantage of fruit
supply. Some accommodating Arrange.
ment can probably be made with the
owner whereby the renter can cover
expenses of planting trees and bushes
win ic l,;1 4
SO if there is any likelihood of remain
ing on the place for a few years,
writes w. B. Cary of Windsor, Ont, in
the New York Tribune Farmer. Straw
berries come first, and they come into
bearing soon after plantinge and con-
tinue in bearing two or three years,
or even more, if care is taken to renew
the bed by digging up the old rows
and allowing the runners to grow,
in winter. Nitrate Of soda is a special
and by applying coating of manure
fertilizer, or if one keeps few chick
ems the droppings will be fair substi
tute. 1t is well to have early and late
berries, such as the johnson or Climax
for early and the Marshall or Midnight
for late. | would mention a midsea-
son berry, the Cumberland or Brandt
wine; but my idea is to simplify these
matters as much as possible, and
while on large place, with plenty OF
help, it might be well to have the varl.
Gus kinds, on a small place it is just
as well not to have as few sorts as
will furnish a good and continuous
supply. My own experience is that
with an early and late sort the table Is
continuously supplied, the last of the
early ones tapping over on to the early
late ones.
One caution needs to be sounded,
and that is to get the best early and
the best late sort adapted to your sec
ton; and it will probably be found that
some man in your neighborhood is
posted in this matter and has straw
berry plots of the right sort from
which one can obtain 100 or 200 or 500
plants. The advantage in this is that
one can take up the plants, shield
them from sun and wind, carry them
home and set them out the same day,
in which case they will keep right on
growing, with scarcely check. The
number of plants required will vary
with the size of the family to be sup
piled. l am told by an old resident OF
Washington that hundred plants
there will supply family of six or
seven persons; that two quarts can be
picked from four stools of plants. But
fuor stools of plants will not yield
two quarts in Connecticut or in New
Jersey. 1t would require 100 plants
of each sort to supply an ordinary
family If the ground is rich this size
plot will probably be large enough.
Black raspberries will be the next fruit
to pick. l say black raspberries be-
cause they are such good bearers and
yield such fine fruit. The red sort
does not come into bearing so readily.
1t needs more coaxing, the vines need
more age to bear, but are delicious
when they do. Both sorts should DE
planted, for some members OF the
family will prefer the red, especially
with few currants mixed in-that is,
if the currants are not too sour, which
they will not be unless one has the Old
fashioned small red in one berry OF
which there is enough sprightly acid
ity to make one think all manner OF
things about it; however discreet ne
may be in holding his tongue.
The large cherry currant may De
eaten out of the hand If ripe, especi-
ally the white sort, and the new
kinds. red and white Dutch, are even
larger in size of berry and less acid
If anything. There is an old prejudice
in favor of the small red currant as
say the large sort does not "jell' so
well; but of this | am not convinced.
The large sorts make good jelly though
the small sort has perhaps hlgher
flavor-a little too high for some OF
the lowly-minded folk-whose palates
are satisfied with the other. Currants
can be successfully grown nowadays
as well as in olden times. The worms
have to be killed; but it's the worm
age. He is. on and in everything ana
one has to just patiently and steadly
mix the different sorts OF poison TOT
the different sorts of bugs and put II