MORE FRUIT SPECIAL
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FARM BMETfS
A Farm and Homesli for
TTie Carolinas, Virginia, Gita. and Florida.
VoL XXXI. No. 42.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1916.
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PERHAPS nowhere is there a land that excels the South in natural
advantages favorable to fruit-growing; at the same time, we doubt
if there are many sections that have failed as we have failed to
avail ourselvesqf the fruit-growing opportunities a kind Nature has
given us. With a range of soil and climatic conditions favorable to the
scattering the trees promiscuously about the place. An acre or
chard will usually be large enough, and .we would urge that all ."fruit
trees be included in this, rather than stuck here and there and al
lowed to battle-with the other crops and often weeds, as is now
frequently the case. Choose a piece of good, well-drained land, ad-
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GROVE OF PAPER SHELL PECANS ON THE MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST
DONT FAIL TO READ-
J The Autumn Flower Garden . .
How to Have a Good HomeOrchard
production of everything from the sub-tropical figs and oranges to
apples, we have too often been content with a few apple or peach
trees, unsprayed, unpruned, and untended, and, needless to say, un
productive and unprofitable. "
isn t it time for us to change all this and
make the South a land of home orchards as
well as the land of cotton? Every, farm fam
ily in the South may have delicious, health-
giving fruits the year round 'if the right:
Steps are taken, and here we propose to
emphasize some of these essentials.
1- Write your state experiment station
tn regard to varieties. Soil and climatic
conditions naturally var widely in different
Parts of the South, and even in different sec
tions of a single state. Consequently any
specific advice as to varieties should always
be given with the local conditions in mind.
Now our state experiment stations -have
m?.de a special study of this matter, and the
very first step in starting an orchard should
oe to write our station for this information.
Wn buy only those varieties recommended
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Mak a real orchard, instead of
Figs and Muscadines for Home Use
Laying Out, Planting and Caring for the
Home Orchard .... . V
What Me an' Jim Did .... . .
"An Apple a Day" . . . . . ' . ...
Plant Some Pecan Trees ' . . . . .
Rich Land Best for Cotton Under Boll
Weevil Conditions . . .. . . . . .
Every Local Farmers' Organization Must
. Have Local Work , . V . . . . . .
Good Ideas from Anson, Rowan, Caldwell
- and Pasquotank . v v
Vote for the North Carolina Constitutional
Amendments . . . . . . .
How the Housekeeper May Economize
Plant Wheat, Oats, Rye and Grass;; v' .
joining the grounds about the house, and make of it an orchard and
nothing else. s V
3. Prune, spray, cultivate. But, and this is the most important
point of all, let us not forget that an abundance of good fruit demands,
the very best of care of the orchard after
it is planted. "No spray, no pay," has
become an adage among successful fruit
growers, and it is as true of the small
home orchard as it is of the commercial
orchard. If your orchard has been pro
ducing small, wormy, rotten fruit, get
from your county agent or state horti
culturist instructions for spraying, and
you will be surprised at the fine fruit you
can grow when these instructions have
been followed. And pruning and the
right sort of cultivation are scarcely less
important in making the orchard a real
orchard. :
Good fruit the year round "should be
the aim of every farmer worthy of the
name, and the way; to get it is to plant an
orchard of the right varieties and then
look after it. If you haven't a good
home -orchard, there's no better time
than right now to prepare for one.
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