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Show " MANY HOMES LOCALLY MAY GROW OWN FRUIT HOW TO PLANT AND CARE TOR THE SMALL ORCHARD. Many Varieties May Be Produced Successfully In Most Sections of tho Country, Says tho Department of Agriculture Experts Fresh Food and Canning Surplus Assured. Correspondence Tho Sun. WASHINGTON, D. C, Fob. 'Jl,--Morn general culture in garden nnd in homo orchard will contribute sub. Mmitinlly to the health nnd ntcasuro of the family, besides furnishinj; n nipply of Jlunblo food products nl n rdnticl small uutlny of money, promologists of the United States department de-partment of agriculture ny. In ninny loeulilies it in difficult to pur-chnsa pur-chnsa suitnblc fruit, nnd this is an ndded reason for its home ptoduetion whermcr possible. The ideal fruit or Lome orchard should contain several arieties of different kinds of fruit, ach kind represented in many cases by n considornblo number of vnrilies ripening one after another over a lonfj period. Larpo yields, good ship. nng quality nnd nttrnrtivc. appear nneo nil may bo made secondary to hiRli desert quality or seeinl excellence excel-lence for cooking tmrjioses. Throughout miirli of the country the same garden muy grow apple-, jrears, peaches, plums, cherries nnd ,u!nrc, strnwberries, rnspberries, blackberries, dewberries, currants, gooseberries and gropes. In the eoldcr northern sections the winters nro too sevcro for pouches, whilo in too winner parts apples, currants gooseberries and certain varieties of fcvoral of the other fniits fail bo cause lhe nr not ndanted to the long, hot summers nnd mild winters. Economizing Space. It is MttihIo to plant between apple. I revs, when set thirty two feet apart, smaller growing trees, such as lh pencil or plum, placing one between each two trees in n row, ns well a mm i1'11 "-"irrsaigs planting u row between rowa.of nppb trees. This Is n temjHintry arrange menti however, since the niiplo Irees rventuull) will need nil tlio space, nnd before crowding begins the inter-planted inter-planted treed should be removed. Currants Cur-rants and goosclterrie roiiimonl d better, especially in tho tuiiilhent limits of their range, if grown when thero is partial shade. This miiiio-I miiiio-I ime nut bo provided by planting 'them between fniit tne. Ititsplmr-litM Ititsplmr-litM nnd blaeVburritM tire somettiiu planted between tmtt, but tho prtio-lice prtio-lice is not advisable iiiiless (he will is naturally moist nnd furttle. Vogo-tnblM, Vogo-tnblM, its well ns straw borne, also twiy be grown betweun the rows, if the trefwi n n small and Jo not shado the fiound very much. Locating tho Orchard. The laud nit which the Tmit are planted, otliur tilings being efprnl, should ho conement to the homo. It should bo well drained, since fruit treoa will not thrive on poorly drained soil. Tho air drainage also must ho good nnd for this teason low levels vhero eold air settle should he avoided. avoid-ed. Most fniits can be grown on a great variety of soils, but where mi. si Id o it is better lo avoid light, sandy Mills nnd heavy clays. UimhI nursery Mock of uiitnlile kinds ur varieties is ( ii ndii men I nl to siiccom in fniit growing. grow-ing. A RiMid root system is essential. A tret or bush, as u nile, bliould have Severn I main roots and many smaller ohm when received from the mirserj' A Hielitimixed tree or plant for the variety is usually preferable to a very Urge or uiiderMsed one Apples, MMrri, quince, plums and ohornes sire bast suited for home orchard planting after they have grown in tho nursery for two seasons. Peach treoi sbonbl always he planted after row inir in the nursery one smsou. In the North fruit art usually dMtel in firing as early as the soil tmii be iml in awlnUle eoudition. In MtiddU latittidea and in tno Saath an tuniii nlanting is widely pruotistMl, vbibj In wiwe Mris of the ojctrunio ?nuth planting isiv be done ut almost riny tiino during the winter, |