Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1913-03-22

Ia plants no adapted naturally TO the
climatic region in which the garden
is located. This may be accomplished
by learning and practlcing the proper
methods of protection.
Besides these protective devices,
sheltered places, where growth is re-
tarded In spring, may be taken adyan
tage of In order to hold back early
blooming plants.
The fact that trees can be grown as
dwarfs as well as standards will en-
able one to utilize a space which had
previously been considered unsuited
for the development of a 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.
Dwarfing 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 mnk.
ing it possible to grow them much
closer together. Pruning and training
used in combination have shown the
possibilities Of restricting plants TO the
''espalier," 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 40 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 well 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 o~r,shade
loving plants. Strawberries adapt
themselves readily to such situations
IL the shade is not allowed TO become
too dense. Among Towering plants
o viii thrive better under such
conditions than pansies and violets.
and among garden vegetables lettuce
and radishes may be successfully
grown under such n canopy, as they
will be out of the way before a dense
shade is formed by the grapes. As
paragus can be successfully grown I'M
der a shade of this character.
The following lists of varieties, while
made for northern Ohio, are presented
more MS a guide to the proportionate
allotment of plants of various species
in a home fruit garden than as a guide
to varieties suited to such a garden:
FRUIT GARDEN NO. l (ABoUT TWO
ACRES).
Apples, % trees. summer. 2 Early Har-
vest, . Red Astrachan. l. Golden Sweet, J
Pumpkin Sweet, l Maiden Blush; winter,
2 Grimes Golden, 2 Baldwin. 2 Rhode Is
land Greening. 2 Belmont (White Pippin),
/ Fallawater, / Fameuse (Snow Applel. ]
Tolman Sweet. l RoXbury Russell; crab.
l IIyslop. / Transcendent, l Yellow Sibe-
rian; peaches. g trees. early. Yellow
Rareripe, Early Crawford. liberia. 4 each;
Alexander, Canada Early. 2 each; l Lew
IS; late. 4 Late Crawford. 2 Stephens
Rareripe. 2 Golden Drop; pears. 10 trees.
4 Bartlett, 2 Koonce. , Duchess, 1 Kie1er,
/ Seckel; cherries. 10 trees. 4 Allen, 2
Black Tartarian. 4 Early Richmond.
plums. 10 trees, greengage French dam
son. Lombard. Mary. Willard. 2 each:
ounces. Is Champion; apricots. 5 Monte
zumet; nectarines, 5 Boston: grapes. 100
vines. Concord. ~Campbel's Early. Mag
ara, Brighton. % each: raspberries, $50
bushes, so Gregg, 8 Marlboro. 80 Cuth-
bert. Is Golden Queen. blackberries, 100
bushes, 30 Agawam, so Taylor; c%urrants.
100 bushes, so Victoria, % White Grape. Is
Black Champions; gooseberries. 70 bushes,
% Downing. q Industry. Is Columbus.
strawberries. 400 plants. Brandywine. Glen
Mary. Warneld. Candy. 100 each.
FRUIT GARDEN NO. 2 FoR MEDIUM
SIZE PLACE..
Apples. 10 trees 2 Baldwin, 2 Grimes
Golden. / ~Fallawater. 2 Red Astraehan,
l Bonum. l Bough Sweet: crab. l Tran
scendent: peaches. 10 trees, l Alexander.
2 Rareripe (Yellow). 2 Early Crawford. 4
Late Crawford. l stephens Rareripe; cher
ries, s trees, ? Early Richmond. ? Black
Tartariah ! Allen; plums. S trees, , green
gage. 2 Lombard. / Willard; pears. 5
trees, 2 Bartlett. / Duchess. l Kieher. !
Seckel; ounces. S Champiou; apricots, 2
Montezumet; nectarines. ? Boston; grapes,
90 vines, - Concord. 10 Niagara. Is Brish-
tom. raspberrics. 70 bushes. q Gregg. 10
Marlboro. . Cuthbert. 10 Colder Queen;
~blackberries. 50 bushes. % Agawam. %
Taylor; currants. 45 bushes. Is Wilder. 10
White Grape. 10 Black Champions: goose
berries. 30 bushes. 10 Downing. 10 Indus
try, 10 Columbus; Strawberries. 200 plants.
100 Brandywine. 100 Candy.
GARDEN NO. 3 (FoR CITY LOTT.
Apples, 4 trees. Red Astrachan. Gold
en- Sweet, Baldwin. Fallawater. / each:
peaches. 4 trees, l Early Canada, l Yellow
Rareripe. / Early Crawford. ! Late Craw.
ford; pears, ? trees, 4 Bartlett. / Duchess
Dwarf; plums, . trees. / Wilder, / Lom-
bard; ounces. ? Champions: apricots, !
Montezumet; grapes, 10 vines. 5 Concord.
5 Niagara; raspberries. - bushes, 10 Gregg.
10 Cuthbert. blackberries. 20 bushes, 10
Taylor. 10 AgawHm; c"rrauts. 10 bushes.
! Victoria. S White Grape: soosebefries. 5
Downing: strawberries. so Brandywine.