Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-05-24
Written for The Turner County Herald.
Fruit Culture in Turner County, Dakota.


Nearly all kinds of tame fruit grown
in the states do well here.
PEACHES.
This sprobabiy one OF the exceptions.
| The writer has succeeded but once in
ten years, and then but partially. with
| this royal fruit. On the lst Of May.
1879, his trees fwo dozen of them were
in full bloom. On the 1Ith of the same
month they were loaded with peaches
about the size of peas, when we had a
storm of hail and sleet, something un-
known here before or since) killing near
ly all of them: saved only enough to
say, eve have eaten peaches of our own
raising in Turner county, Have not
given up all hope Yet.
TIE APPLE.
1t took Il number OF years to learn
just what kinds to get. where and when
to get and how To handle them.
On all these points, one must rely in
a great degree on the exercise OF his
own common sense. Experience is
often u dear, but generally a good
teacher. After 4 number OF failures.
the writer has succeeded in starting an
orchard OF some over l5O apple trees.
ranging in age from two to eight years
which he believes to be all right Some
Of them were bought of a Mr.. Carpen-
ter, near Nermillion, Clay county, ID.
T.; the rest of A. B. Smith OF Parker
and O. G. Alderman of Hurley. They
were grown in Wisconsin and western
Iowa and consist Of some eight or ten
varieties, all said to be iron-clad. These
gentlemen are well known in these
parts and would either of them be
pleased to receive orders for anything
in the nursery line.
Any ground suitable for corn will
answer for an orchard. The land
should be high, rolling, well drained
and rich. If possible it should be sur
rounded by good hedge or wind
break. White willow has no equal for
thatpurpose.
SMALL FRUIT
There is no more trouble in raising
tame plums and cherries here than
there is further east. The raspberry.
gooseberry and currant stand our win
tefs about as well its the natives of the
same kinds and by proper care give
large returns for all the time and labor
bestowed on them.
The Concord grape does well. The
. LaWton and Kittatonny blackberry are
too tender for this latitude. The Snv-
der does better. A new kind sent me
by friends in Maine last season seems
} to be the boss vine for this part Of Da-
kota. Some of the vines grew six feet
[ last summer, and with not the least
protection lived through the winter tc
their very ends. 1t is of the creeping
or trailing species and spreads out like
the melou or cucumber vine.
The Russian mulberry is hardy and
: prolific. 1t is of slow growth and tho
berries are much smaller and inferior tc
the wild ones found in Illinois. The
leaves are said to be excellent food fol
the silk-worm.
TIE STRAWBERRY
> Among berries the strawberry has ne
equal. This is the queen. Our soil anc
climate seem to suit it to a charm. Thi.
s plant is a wonderful feeder as well a.
Iproducer, consequently to secure tn,
s best results the ground must be vel
manured, naturally moist, and kept per
: fectiy free from grass and weeds.
n OF these delicious, fragrant, juic,
p rnbies the writer raised last season from
patch of ground less than fifty fee
square l73 quarts. What does the reade
u say to that as a small bonanza? Ism
there rich find for you not far OFT
If there is any inquisitiveness abou
you, you will not be long in finding on
S how much an acre would come to a
l. that rate, at twenty-five cents a quart
a 10 those who have little or no curiotit
about them, or are too lazy to figure i
= out, 1t may be said in passing, tha
:, many a qaarter section of good Ian
= = Q6O acres) has been sold in this count
within the last ten years for les
money. Gland is higher now since til
i Hurley boom commenced)
e- One need not be eover-particular abou
S the sorts TO select; McCory's superio
n and Wilson's Albany are among tn
best. They need slight covering 9
L straw in winter as they do evcrywher,
II Transplant in the fall.
d There is money to be made lots of
d by raising fruit in Turn county. Th
raspberry may be made nearly as r,
munerative as the strawberry. TheI
is home market and will be for year
s for all that can be produced
D. In conclusion it may be rcmarke
" that these thoughts on fruit culture i
d. Turner county, may appear somewh;
c. egotistical, but this comes of speakin
ID eXperimentally The equestion with mo.
n readers is not, "what DO you think 2" b,
20 "what do you know" about it. An
here it is. such as it is. This is not Il
advertisement. l have no plants of an
sort to dispose Of
70 S. FRYE ANDREWS.
;, May Is, 1883.