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Show Horticultural Facts BIG VALUE OF HOME ORCHARD No Excuse for Country Home Not Having Hav-ing Supply of- Fr6h or Canned Fruit All Year. The value of a properly cared-for home orchard can hardly he overestimated. overesti-mated. Frequently the only value attached at-tached to a home orchard la the fruit harvested. No doubt this Is very Important Im-portant but would not be the only factor fac-tor to be considered. In the chicken lot, fruit trees will make good shade, as well as around other parts of the premises. A home with lots of nice trees around It looks much more Inviting. The educational value of a homo orchard Is worth consideration. The setting out and caring for the trees Is Instructional and, again, learning the variety characteristics of the different kinds of fruits is valuable. Many people peo-ple simply know that a plum Is a plum and a peach Is a peach and do not have the least Idea of what the variety Is. It Is a recognized fact that fruit Is healthful. In case of the more perishable perish-able fruits, a much fresher supply can be obtained from the home orchard. Where the fruit Is raised at home It will be eaten more often and in greater quantities. A properly selected list of varieties of peaches as regards available avail-able space and favorable season, would furnish you with peaches from June to October. The scarcity and high prices of fruit should certainly stimulate the planting ot home orchards. The surplus fruit can be dried, canned and sold. Good fruit usually commands a good price. Frequently In towns where the trees are more or less protected by the houses, these trees will bear more fruit, where the commercial com-mercial orchards fall. This Is when the fruit Is appreciated and when tho surplus sells for a good price. There is no excuse for a country home not having a year-around supply A Sweet-Cherry Tree of the Windsor Variety In Its Second Season's Growth From Planting It Is Not Well Headed In. of fresh or canned fruit, especially In a fruit year. Some of our town friends who are garden enthusiasts may think they have not sufficient room for trees. A mistake that many of us frequently make Is to try to garden too large an area. A small well-planned and well-kept well-kept garden will give bettor results and be much more sightly than a large poorly kept garden. Fruit trees may be planted around the sides of the home and even In a portion of the garden. The same cultivation cul-tivation given the garden will answer for the cultivation of the trees. Vegetables Vege-tables and many small fruits may b grown in between the trees for several years. |