Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-05-20
Home Course In
Fruits and Berries
One of Nine Articles by Government and
State Horticuturists and Pomologists
PLANNING THE HOME FRUIT GARDEN
By l. C. CORBETT oicultris, Bureau Of Plant Industry
United States Department Of Agriculture


previously been considered unsuited
for the development of tree. 1t is
well known that in proportion to size
dwarf trees are more fruitful than
standards and that they come into bear
ing sooner.
Dwartng is accomplished by bud
ding or grating robust growers on
slow growing stocks. and most tree
fruits lend themselves to this treat
ment Standards may be grown as
bushes" or as pyramids" thus max
ing it possible to grow them much
closer together. Pruning and training
used in combination have shown the
possibilities of restricting plants to the
"espaiier." Gordon and other styles
Of training against walls.
Advantages Of Grating.
Besides the advantage Of dwarfing.
grating may be turned to good ac-
count to enable the owner of few trees
to increase his sorts beyond the limits
Of the trees he possesses. BY grating.
the list of varieties can be increased
at will. There are apple trees known
which bear as many as $50 varieties.
Plants of various habits of growth
may be combined to the advantage of
the grower and with little or no dis
advantage to the plants. To illustrate
this. currants may be combined with
grapes. apples with currants or rasp-
berries and grapes with Strawberries.
Certain we'll known systems Of prun-
ing and training allow additional lib
critics to the skillful planter-as. for in
stance, the grapevine. which readily
lends itself to arbor training. may be
utilized for screening tender or shade
loving plants. Strawberries adapt
themselves readily to such situations
If the shade is not allowed to become
too dense. Among Towering plants
none will thrive better under such
conditions than pansies and violets,
and among garden vegetables lettuce
and radishes may be successfully
grown under such a canopy. as they
will be out of the way before dense
shade is formed by the grapes. AS
paragus can be successfully grown un-
der shade Of this character.
The following lists of varieties, while
made for northern Ohio. are presented
more as guide to the prOpOrtionate
allotment of plants Of various species
in home fruit garden than as a guide
to varieties suited to such garden:
FRUIT GARDEN NO. ABOUT TWO
ACREs).
Apples, % trees, summer. 2 Early Har-
vest Red Astrachan. Golden Sweet.
Pumpkin Sweet. Maiden Blush; winter.
2 Grimes Golden, 2 Baldwin, Rhode Is
land Greening. Belmont white Pippin).
l Faliawater. l Fameuse (Snow Applet. !
Tolman Sweet. Roxbury Russet: crab.
l Hyslop, Transcendent. Yellow Sibe-
rian; peaches Is trees. early. Yellow
Rareripe. Early Crawford. Elberta. each;
Alexander. Canada Early. each; Lew
is; late Late Crawford. 2 Stephens
Rareripe Golden Drop; pears. 10 trees,
I Bartlett. 2 Xoonce. 2 Duchess Kieffer.
seckel: cherries. 10 trees. Allen.
Black Tartarian. Early Richmond:
plums, 10 trees. greengage, French dam
son. Lombard. Mary. Willard. each:
ounces Is Champion: apricots. Monte
zumet: nectarines, Boston; grapes. 100
vines Concord. Campbell's Early. Mag
ara, Brighton. rs each: raspberries, $50
bushes. SO Gregg. Is Marlboro. so Cuth-
bert Is Golden Queen: blackberries. 100
bushes, 80 Agawam. so Taylor: currants.
100 bushes. SO Victoria. Is White Grape. .
Black Champion: gooseberries. Is bushes.
% Downing. Is Industry. Is Columbus:
Strawberries. 400 plants. Brandywine. Glen
Mary. Warfield. Candy. 100 zach.
FRUIT GARDEN NO. tFOR MEDIUM
SIZE PLACED.
Apples. 10 trees. 2 Baldwin. Grimes