Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-01-16
CO., HERALD
LANCASTER. WIS, JAN. 1S, 1863.
wisfer-K,naiaga s Apple Trees.

~ tssEtz SH %f 1865
That the apple tree is a very hardy tree
aud capable Of withstandiug a low temper
allure of cold, no one will dispute. Bn
that there is a point Of endurance BEYOND
which, in its improved varieties, AT least.
it cannot go, is a problem already solved
by the experience of all those who have
attempted to cultivate it in The more
northeriy regions of Maine and the Cana,
das. To ali such, the statement that II
will endure the sever coli Of the Arctic
regions. is a mere slip Of the pen,or an ex
position Of the ignorance of the individual
who made the statement. But there are
Others who are not SO well posted up III
matters pertaining to the culture OF ffuil
trees, who, seeing Il statement OF that kind
from a professional pomoiogIst aud nnTsefy
man. may commence planting Baldwin
annie trees so far north that the extreme
cold will cut them down to the snow line
every year, and consequently lose itielf
time ard money invested III the operation.
The truth is, every tree, and every ,var'
ETY. Of trees have a constitutional vitality
to withstand abont such a degree OF cold
and no more But in making up our vef-
dict AS to about how mach cold eacli Yall-
ETY. Of our frnit trees will withstand, We
must take into c, n Iteration the situation
and locality where they are to he planted.
Experience has taught that a tree has
more recuperaIiye energies in the vernai
season 10 recover from the effects of a Sc
yer ewinter, that sfauds in a stoney, moist
lard, thar one that stands in a dry, sand,
location. Again, a tree that makes but a
moedrate growtli will with~tand more cold
than one that has made a strong %laxur--
ant CROWN. Again, am very ready TO al
NIT that the condition Of the tree when
the cold overlakes it, makes quite a differ
ence in It's power Of endurance. Still /
maintain that there is q point Of endur-
ance beyond which it cannot 90, III any
condition or under any circumstance.
For instance, the last six 0 eight Years
that | resided in Somerset county, | mad
the cultivation Of trees my main business
My locality was an interval soil, a%iluViai, .
deep rich sand loan. The average of
days in winter $50 below zero
Now mark the result. The "L~adiesSweet
killed down To the snow line i
Hence ! was unable ! o tell how much cold
it would endure. 1t has stood we'll in III
Winthrop Till last winter when
my thermometer aent ESQ below zero,an1
alI my Young trees were killed within six
or eight inches of the ground. | will ven-I
ture the prediction that 500 below 0. viii
kill the tops OF Young trees OF this
varieties, unless in some way protected, lei
the autumn,o or the condition Of the tree be
what it may.
My Young Baldwins were always more
less injured at 80 and always cut dowu
to the snow line at $50.
The Esopus and Roxbry Russet arr
about the same as the Baldwin. The.
Dutchess Of Gutenberg, Benoni, and Vel.
low Bellfower never killed down; but
always more OF less injured at $50 below
zero.
IN the above I have taken The Ladies
Sweet as q type of the most tender varie
ties of the apple uee, the Baldwin az the
medium, and tie Yellow Belleflowers the
most hardy.
The trees that | experimental with, were
fron, one 10 three years old. | had about
Is Of lhc best varieties of spl'les on tliaI,
and that class for which the Ladies Sweet
stood as a type, [ was obliged to abandon
entirely.
The class for which the Baldwin stands
as a type, | continued 10 cultivate to a
small extent, and by placing them in the
most favorable localities, | succeeded ii
getting up very few trees 10 "a valuable
size when enc of our extreme cold winter
laid them all low.
Those varieties for which the yellow
beethoven Stands as q type, succeeded al
mirabIy all ordinary winters, aud never
while | remained, were destroyed ,aithougt
somew bat injured. Now 10 sum UP al
the evidence for and against. in accordanc,
with my own experience, | have eonae t,
the conclusion, that the apple tree. in al
It's varieties, is limited in It's constitutional
vitality to endure extreme cold. Hence
tie idea of its breastiug the full rigors o
an Attic winter uniIjUred must be SCI
forth merely for ~"burkhum," and not viii
any serious intentions to mislcai, or o
sending any one to the arctic regions t.
plant all orchard-howeNer well apple.
might sell there to arctic explorers
(Dtew's Rural Iutelligencer.
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