The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-24
HOME FRUTT
GARDENS ARE
!. ADVOCATED
By the Department of AgriCuI-
ture, Which Says They Are
important to Health.

WASHINGTON; ID. c., April "a
One of the most important features
OF suburban home, from the stand
point OF health. is fruit garden
maintained for the purpose of sup
plying the family with fruit. Itis
amazing that even those who have
suitable situations and facilities for
raising fruits, and. who cannot pur-
chase them because OF remoteness
from markets, have not established
home fruit, gardens, says tho depart
ment of agrtc culture. a~
The inhabitants of this country
are notably a fI.uit-loving and fruit
eating people. Notwithstanding
this, however. fruit culture has
grown. to be classed among the spe-
clalties, and few persons who, con
sumo fruit are actual growers The
possibilities in fruit culture upon
restricted areas have been very gen
orally overlooked with the result
that many PERSONS who own a subur-
ban home, Or even, a farm. now look
upon fruit as a luxury. a, great
deal OF the land which IS new prar-
tIcally wasted and entirely unremu-
nerative can be made to produce
fruits in sufficient quantity to give
them a regular place upon the fam
NY bill OF fare, and at the same time
add greatly to the attTactiveness OF
the table and heaIthfulDess of the
diet.
over-Shadowed by Orchards.
With the growth of commercial
fruit interests OF the United States
the home fruit garden has been over
shadowed by tue orchard. While
both the home garden and tie
orchard are essential to the good OF
the community, they bear different
relations to the country as a whole.
The home garden is always a fors-
runner of commercial development,
and even in those localities where
climatic and soil conditions are adj
verse to conducting eucl, Industries
on an extensive scale, Iie home r-nit
garden OF tho enthusiastic amateur
| is certain to be found.
/ The home production of fruit
stimulates an interest and love for
natural objects, which can only be
acquired by that familiarity with
| them which comes though their
culture. The cultivation OF fruits
I teaches discrimination. If every
purchaser was a good Judge Of the
different kinds of fruits, the demand
for fruits OF high quality, to produce
which is the ambition Of every ANA
teur as well as every professional
fruit grower, becomes reality Tine
encourag cement of the cultivation OF
| fine fruits in the home garden viii
do much toward teaching buyers to
discriminate between the good and
the inferior varieties of fruit.
The maintenance of a fruit gar
| den brings pleasure and nealthtul
empl oyment, and as ones interest IN
growing plants increases, this en-
! pioyment instead Of. proving a hard
ship. will become a great source OF
pleasure. The possession of a tree
which one has planted and reared
to fruit production carries an added
interest in its product as well as IN
the operation by which il was Sc
cured.
For the Family Table.
Most persons engaged in the cul-
tiyation OF home fruit gardens Will
have as tneir chief aim the produo-
tion Of fruit for the family table,
and che pleasure it Affords. Fruit
growing should claim the attention
OF the producer from early spring to
late autumn.
In order to secure satisfactory re-