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Show Would Dwarf Trees. A novel proposition to increase the orchard yield of the country by dwarfing dwarf-ing all fruit trees and plants was advocated ad-vocated by Prof. C. P. Close, a pomol-ogist pomol-ogist of the department of agriculture, in a lecture on "The Home FTiit Garden," Gar-den," delivered before the Washington Washing-ton Y. M. C. A. Professor Close's lecture lec-ture was one of others delivered by experts of the department, designed to help the city man reduce the cost of living by teaching him how to grow fruit, vegetables and flowers in his own back yard. "I grow 50 varieties of fruits on less than a quarter of an acre of land at my own home," said Professor Close, "and any other man can do the same. The secret is in dwarfing all trees by pruning or pinching off the top buds till they do not exceed a height of two feet above the ground. In this way the full strength of the tree or plant is given entirely to fruiting." |