PLAN No. 1062. HORTICULTURE
The farm orchard, though it may be for the use only of the owner and his tenants, must be properly handled, pruned, and sprayed. Garden truck, berries, and small fruits must have early and constant attention. In commercial orcharding trees of different varieties are now frequently interplanted, such as apple, peach, and apricot. In the different seasons the fruit grower is occupied with the various employments of pruning, cultivation, spraying, thinning, gathering, storing, and marketing. Summer, fall, and winter varieties may be grown, the latter to be sold as the big crop and stored by the buyer, or by the orchardist himself, to supply the markets through the winter and spring, or even until they compete with next year’s summer apples in the market. Various side lines of labor naturally accompany orcharding, such as growing small fruits and berries, and some farming, possibly trucking, between the rows in young orchards. Bees, poultry, and swine are not only profitable, but help in keeping the ground clear of insects, and in other ways.