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Show '' '' GARDEN AND ORCHARD. f "Kvnporating is a good waj of saving i ' fruit when there is not a good'markct for It -y Some varieties of fruit, like the cherry, after they start to grow, need little , if any pruning. Cultivate' all- orchards sparingly now. f " (Jive the trees time to ripen their wocjd 11 ";jer before winter. ( When there is an over-supply of fruit the fallen fruit can bo fed to tlie hogs to good advantage. In sending any kind of fruit to market mar-ket it will pay to sort carefully before packing for shipment. In the selection of; trees for planting plant-ing lopk carefully after the roots and see that they are all right. ' y One advantage with low-headed -trees is that it is easier to gather the fruit from them when it is ripe. Better take a little time to water the young growing treesi now than to run the risk of losing the tree. About the only objection to low-headed trees is that the branches interfere with the work of cultivating. Karly in the fall, when the growth is completed and the wood ripened, is a good time to prune npple trees. D All things considered, there are few H fruits that can lie grown ns econoui- B icnlly as the grapeor the cherry. SI While cherries thrive in a rich soil, H too much moisture is injurious, lluiiuc fl - the necessity for providing good dtain- ' ge. i N Whatever tends to promote the gen-H gen-H eral health and thrift of the tree will I ' also help to free both tree and fruit H v fiom blight and tscab. St. Louis Bc-JM Bc-JM public. j IMmt M " |