Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-02-28
/. Fruit Treo Planting IN Dakots.
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an spedkin&o Of KsEan, Prof. Rndd says,
| kazan i ten degrees fischer north than
We6stcSsD aksta, and&yei hundred miles
east q Moscow, on the yoIga River.
10 find sucAextensiye orchards in the
far interior and far northern provinces Of
! kazan, surprised Us as much ss to have
fond them in Siberian Fully as far froal
large bodies Of water az we are from
Boston : dni on the very edge ofsblsins
that:are too dry to bring anything only 4
scant herbage mercury often congessIs
hera n winter VIII IA the summer aver
age is a. ~ that Of fsris; yet here
are found great orchards tilat have bra
yeS mang III = winters and
sF Asilkifilor@ Of really god fruit
nc iehot the lVw temperature reached in
Dakota, alos,e, wklch causes everything
Of she vegetable Engdoms that survive
Vs winters, "a Be iron-clad I'M The seyeresr
sense. but the. surrouAding sad accompa-
nying circinstaacss and conditions at
tesding that low semperature. Dakota
10 liable totir nfhs. which follow these
terrible winters. aud klish the work COM
nenced by John FIpst. 1t is 50 in Russ
ala, only on Il much pore aggrivatsd scale.
Dakota is bat a few aundssd niles from
large inland seas o. lakes, and many hun
dreds of lakes 81 more or less exfeut are
scattered within her borders. These tain
per the air aud produce a much mpre hu-
mid climate than In Russia. Frsf&Bndd
says again: tine extreme aridity Of the
SIMMER air. the tendency to drouth, and
the very Is~ mperature and variable
sir Of winter and we have conditions sim
liar 70 those Of tssrthwest Iowa, oNLY
IoRE sEvERE. Again lac says, ia his re-
fK,ft before the lows statess Hort. Sc.
a q could eld 4 ~eek here i.
zan) without coming to the conclusion
that the fruits Of kazan Will live and irui
"a the mosttryilig portions Of Dakota and
~sflnnesota. AZ rule they viii not bt
~ most valuable fer setting III I0sa, ps
Ht IN two 81 three ~ glaA ssgslevt Is
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certain tina conditions oi climate
altitude whoa Affects ia votably the La
bility Of unreasonable fruits; llunidits
and comparative exemptions FROM
drouths; rolling surface which produces
inc drainage and variety OF exposure,
good soil. &c, all tend To place Day Co,
or especially that portion known as the
coteaGs o. hills in the front rank, if NOT
at the OUTPOST OF DESIRABLE Lo
CATION IN THE GREAT TERRITORY OF DAKOTA
FOR " FRUIT.
Now we will say d little about the value
of these iiussian varieties: AS to produc.
tlyenes5 va m,Nt emp a cally assert that
the varieties grown in Russia for market
Will give the best satisfaction in this re-
gard. Prof. Budd says Of a 80 acre or
chard, of Marquis Parellcci, Kazan, plan
ted so years ago: As to crops | will say
that / have not in any country seen so
much fruit on 30 acres of ground as Isavf |
here, that IL, outside the province of .Ka
zan, Russia Many believe that there
are few If any long keeping varieties in
Russia. After speaking OF the orchard
of Mr.. Patiskieff oil 1900 tree: ~ the sut,- |
erbs Of Safatov. which produced at a sii-
gle years crop and shipped 5000 pounds
or I23 orchards Of 10000 pounds each
Mr. Budd says: "These very large or
chards grow but few varieties. all of which
we are assured have been popular on the
Volga for at least the past century. Ninety
per cent of the apples are of winter vari-
cites, but they are nearly all sold and
in early autumn. Those who
believed that late keeping varieties were
grown so far north should examine the
trees laden with Steklanka, Antonovka or
Chregounka. While ordinary winter
sorts are finely colcred and lender enough
for eating, these very late keepers are as
hard and mature as is our American Pip
in in,O October" As to beauty, we can say
that no class Of apples known compare
the Russian apples in beauty Of out
side finish and general appearance. WHAT
rival the Skwosnoi Schotoi or Yellow
Transparent, in it's beautiful peiIucid
and fine size, exquisitely finished
with a delicate bloom, making it the most
basket fruit imaginable, and its
earliness, ripening b,fore the early har-
vest, gives II gresi value for that style OF
display. hr. Glib says ! large
majority Of the apples Of Russia are red
and finished beautifully.
As to quality, notwithstanding that a