Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-05-17

know 1t for fact, inasmuch as had
used one spary of hellebore last wear
before | tried the middlings. The
bushes never looked better, and | felt
good deal easier in using middlings
than hellebore, when the berries were
haI grown. If couple OF forks full
OF manure are thrown about each rasp-
berry and currant bush in the fall II
VIII help their fruiting; also, a hand
Iul OF salt may be advntageously
thrown into their crowns. It's good
LOT worms, they say, meaning it's bad
Tor them. Sifted coal ashes may well
De thrown about the roots of these
pushes. Worms and bugs don't get
lat ON sifted coal ashes.
Blackberries. To some of us there
is nothing equal to a luscious black.
perry. 1t will follow right on after
the raspberry, and continue in bearing
long while, ripening one crop after
another through a long season. The
sort 10 plant is question of locality.
somewhat. There is nothing finer to
De found in the garden than the old
fashioned Lawton, though growers ex-
haust the adiectives in exploiting some
OF the newer varieties. The Ancient
Brlton came to me from Canada. and IS
a good bearer,of good berry, perfectly
hardy In New England. One word as
TO pruning. Opinions differ on this
matter but if the canes are eli off at
about four feet high they will grow @, 4
side branches that will bear frui,. 1t
appears as though we get more fruit
by thus pruning than by allowing 4
long stem, six or seven feet high. to
thrash around in the winds of winter
Pruning has tendency to make the
canes more stocky and to thow out
side shoots.
Cherry trees do not take up much
iooin Until tney are require
some age before they begin to bear
tut when they begin they continue
during the lifetime of the planter. It
Is not the ideal shade or ornamental
tree; yet, if the place is small. demand
ing economy of space, row of cherry
trees in front will be ornamental an
In few years will supply the table
with fruit. The tree is symmetrical
and fine when in full leaf, while its
wealth OF bloom in the spring is one
OF singular beauty Of course the
olrds VIII come to taste the fruit, and
VIII sing their melodies in return
ihls, too, is one of the joys OF such
home. Berry bushes and currants
may be planted along fence rows. and
take up little space that could be occu-
pied otherwise. Dwarf pears may
also be put along fence rows or in odd
unoccupied places, and they will bear
fruit in a few years after planting. If
is the quickest way to get pears ana
apples. These dwarf trees loaded
with big pears are satisfying to the
eye, as the fruit is to the taste. They
add TO the pleasures ofthe garden.
If Standards are planted at the same
time the dwarfs will probably bear
fruit until the Standards are ready 70
begin. By thus doing, one may have
pears and apples almost from the start.
Select good varieties, such as the
Seckel, Bartlett and Louise Bonne and
such varieties of apples as your nur.
seryman recommends for your locality
as dwarfs. Then plant standards in
such locations as you will have selec.
ted after thorough consideration of
tho nlaan nrn fran nh of
an autumn and winter variety will
give fair supply for small family.
yet If there is space two or three OF
the winter apples will give great sat
ismaction; say one each of King, Bald
win, Greening. There will, of course,
be spots about the home grounds Just
suited to the vine, without which the
grounds would be incomplete. No
matter what other fruit one has the
vine yields such fragrant odors, such
soft luxurious shade, such beautiful
and delightful fruit that it stands
forth prominently as the essential
fruit bearer of the home. There Is no
calmer delight, no more satisfying en-.
joyment than to train the vine; watch
its growth and follow the development
of the clusters of fruit; and when one
has mastered the few essentials to sue
cessful treatment of it and is repaid
with magnificent clusters of the soft,
greenish yellow Niagara, the coppery
hues of the Brighton, glistening like
gold in the sunlight, and the dark blue
of Worden, with its matchless bloom,
he is repaid over and over again, year
after year, for every thought and care
bestowed upon 1t. The ages ring
with praises of the vine, and one may
be sure that whatever Of lusciousness
the vines of the East can boast he may
match it with the three varieties
have given.
Plums should have been mentioned
next to the blackberries. The low
spreading Japanese sorts are easily
grown, bear early, in a year or two
after setting out, and furnish morsels
of sweetness that in their time are
very refreshing. They also make ex-
cellent jam and jelly for the winter.
These Japanese plums are not so rich
and luscious as some of the old-fash-
toned kinds, egg plums and green
CAGES. but as these are not so infes.-
"a ,x-;th n,,rcf,lio "a to make them pro-