St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-05-01
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.sssfF in thsNs'e., Of meeting
.a6yst Anthony Horticultural Society,
we fi0d the fo''o~ifs observations Of Rev.
4. Gaze, who has travelled extensively over
the STATE: %2s&: ~. - =: :sa, :s:t .t>:z - -
lrha.e seeasas ns~applss orchards 10
>hn"esota as Lever s.w. in Massachusetts.
.Mz.~ Stswast, near I.e- -Sueur, l,ss apaonchard
Of - acres His trees wer,aookiny thrift.
~ when | Saw. them They have. gone
thou$h four winters-don't know h::w
they have stood the past winter. "A man
in Fillmore county raised fifty burbels Of
apples last year. 1t'ave7 eeei. .atple, trees
growing i" different parts of The STATE In
the tow" Of Chatfe!l there are quito .
number II trees whi:6 bore apples last sea.
son People j. the southern part of the
State, arc very sanSuine of rsisiny apples.
L: n Darwin. Of Lansing, in; Mower Coun.
ty. Eve miles this side Of Austip. has
$4,000 trees 25, 900 grated and large
enough to set. ; Hesoffers to sell them at
25 cents each and warrant them to live
with, proper care and bear. the kind Of
fruit represented In GINNING up two weeks
ago, l saw an apple orchard Of several hun.
dred trees near Zumbrota, which belonged
to Rev. s..P Gr~ses: The frees lnckei
thrifty; they were raised at Lake City,
l'eorle in different parts Of the State have
got ihe impression that apple trees won't
live here; conseqdehtly, when see trees
l notice atlch' more particularly. Theo.
doreY Eurbev, of Cottac &c Grove. planted
some, ten: ar twelve years ago They l:v.
ed six or eight years and since then have
been dying cut lie has NOW Eve or six
trees living. One tree bore b"shel Of
apples last year People are planting trees
in different parts Of the Stste, hoping
some Of them may live: IN ~.
t. Sn,itl,-llow far north have you seen
trees gr'wing? -~.;j:.. 49,
Gale-I have seen them at St. Cloud
and Belle Prairie. 's q" :, '." '-,..-,.T
{ Cooltaugh -ljo you think tho tnost try.
ing time ior trees has PASSED this ses.ou
Whitney-;-4: thiuk- 50. 4 },.7..*t.
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Gael noticed trees were killed most
on, the south side---not from frost, but
SC rc ed ty thc sun after the sap starts -
My observation has been that trees do best
ON the north side Of buildings or fences
where the SNOW remains lvngest in the
pring. A man near Osceola, on the east
side "t ST. Crvix, has a large orchard near.
ly ready FIR bearing. I asked him how
he KEPT his tree. lookirg' 50 wen: lie
said, by taking rure IF them" 10
keeps the frost il tue erouad: as slang as
possible in the spring. His practice is, if
the snow. comes before the ground is fro.
zen hard, to remove the s. ew from tte
trees; until the ground is th"rvusily fro.
Zen and then sh'.veAs suow around, ,she trees
80 as to keep the frost in as long as poss;-
Die. II there is hot snow; enough, he ac-
c"mplishcS the sa,nc result by n,ulchirg-
This man was from Vermont Da..
vii" Of Lansing. was also from Yeruout,
and recommends the sa,ue; sctice. ,
.Coulbaugh-I have trees which have
"'en planted Sven years. | tLlnk they
suffered more ia spring than winter. I
had 200 trees in the ground about City
n'w stand and appear thifty and healthy.
The balance have diedout. jz~jt- y:
| .Smith.-ls there aoy difference between
he trees growing ip the prairie, and; tim.
Der 2. -r.-ts
Gale-1 have not noticed trees in the
timber. Mr. etewar,'s 80 acres are In the
charoren prairie, on the northerly side of
the timber. lMr, Graves orchard is cu
prairie bottom land. :.,..,,. ....,...
=. Atthe same meeting report was made,
recommending the following varieties Of sp.
pies fer cultivation III this climate s..
Rits'on Piprin. Famcusc, Red Astra.
chan, Benon!, Tallwar swecting, ano Sum-