The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-01-29

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Joint meetings Of the Minnesota HorNcultlr-
al Society and the Amber Cane Association
were held at 81 Paul last wsek. The wintsf
horticultural exhibition was held In connection
with this meeting, and consisted In display Of
fruits Of various kinds The exhibition, IL
though small, contained some fne specimens
Of Minnesota fruit The apple display WAS e.
pecially attractive, and will 60 good way
coward establishing the views Of those who
maintain that fruit growing may be carried IN
as bus mess with success and profit In the
Northwest
Capt Russell Blakelsy, President Of the
Amber Cane Association made the opening
address, In which he said he had confidence
that the return from the exhibit ct New Orleans
will be grand compliment to the Minnesota
horticultural interests as well rs to the milling
and general interests Of thu state An appro-
pirate and PLEASANT response 70 Capt. Blake
Crescent, pm behalf Of the visiting members.
President frntaan NJ Smith, u the Horticultural
society, then appointed ~ secretary pfo tenn,
ID the abseics ,8f Mr. Gibbs; & b, Hillman,
and as assistant secretary, G.. Il Smith
j. s. Harris Of the general fruit committee.
then presented an interesting report upon the
fruit crop of 1854 was more satisfactory than in
previous years The strawberry crop was
rood and quality excellent Wilson's gave .
magnificent CROP The Eharpless behaved bet
ter than usiial BIT 1t IL hot hardy enough to be-
Come favorite IN that section, He said IL
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strawberry grower to use for setting only
plants from the previous years planting, or to
annually take small plantations Of tho varisties
desired. aud evltivate them expressly for
plants; or else to purchase the settings from
some one who makes ths growing Of plants :
clined The Doolittls black, cap variety yhsrev-
The Turner produced beautiful crop Of
rather small berries; the Cuthbert was prom
Using we'll Grapes In Southern Minneeo@,
and in most parts Of the state, were IN extra.
ordinary crop, except Ia few instances whore
they were affected with mildew or rot The
tion,, While the Delaware stood nsxt The
Wofden, on Mr.; Harris place was better than
h1snded Is 81 sariy EfahS ,:.,,,..
.ueneernins apples MI. Harris said, by the ap-
pie gau2er or curculio hundreds of bushels Of
Duchess apples were rendered worthless, and
ably the Willow Twig the worst Borers, tent
caterpillars, canker worms, scale, blight and
mlldew, are all ravaging the older orchards Of
the state, and tell us in the plainest of Ian
kuage that eternal vigilance is the price Of
fruit
G. G. Smith, Col Stevens and Prof. Porter
were appointed committee to take the matter
of the cultivation Of ginseng into consideration,
mako experiments and report at the next an.
hual netting.
On discussing sfiail fru,.s, Mr.. q. Il. Briin-
hall bf RAMSEY county said that whers he
mulched his strawberry bed It doubled the
1 week after the berries were ali gone froIn
the part of the bed that was not mulched He
used for mulchlng, straw from an old stack
bottom. He tried early and late planting, and
found that plants set early were less liable to
dry out. made larger growth of vines and
yielded more fruit 1t was claimed by several
speakers, however, and generally conceded,
that the method of inulching should depend q
good deal Upon location and SOIL
The president, Truman NJ Stdith, read his
annual report: III: n H. e =
He. commenced by referring to the progress
bf fruit culture in Minnesota since the time Of
the formation of the Fruit Growers association
In 1896 At that time, he said, there was hard
ly enough fruit raised in the state to make .
respectable showing at a county fair. In 1883,
100, 735 bushels of apples and zoe, 900 to 800, :
600 pounds Of grapes were raised in Minnesota,
beside thousands of bushels of strawberries,
raspberries, currants, etc; He spoke of the
kne qiiaiity Of Minnesota fruits.
We want more, better and harder fruits Of all
kinds, and with the aid Of BUR experimental
fruit farm, and experimental stations, we hope
that Minnesota will be able to make progress
In this matter; that fruit will be SO cheap and
plenty that 1t will be within reach of all the
people One of our best fruits, the cranberry,
has been neglected, and is not as plenty as it
was fifteen or twenty years ago, when it grew
In it's wild state Then there were enough
cranberries for our own use, and large guam
titles for other markets. The cultivation of
asparagus and rhubarb should also be given
more attention, as thew were hardy and easy
Of cultivation in this climate. resolution
was then adopted lamenting the death OF
Charles Downing of this state, zone of the best
hnd brightest hortlctlturistB In the United
States Mr.. Downing died RECENTLY at the age
Of eighty-fo years.
:. ]. s Harris of La Crescent gave an interes-
ting account of visit to the orchard of Mr..
futile at Baraboo, the home of the Russian
apple in this country. The trees, he said, all
appeared to be doing excellently, and he had
no doubt but that there were several of the
Russian varieties good to plant in the
Northwest Still, the final success in
the cultivation of these apples would
Mr.. Sias of Rochester in his report described
what he said appear to be the most promising
new seedlings in the state, namely, the Brett
seedlings, Of Dover, Olmsted comfy. These
seedlings we're first exhibited at the Southern
Minnesota fair in September last, and took two
where they were entered as the best selection
Of seedlings, and took the first premium
The Proctor seedlings, which took first pre-
MUM at the winter meeting of this society
two years ago, should also claim share Of
public attention. Among the older seedlings
Of this section Of country, Mr.: Slas had found
nothing that suited him better than the Rol
Inns Pippin. The Grant Swaar was also good
apple for this country.
Mr.. Harris said the Brett seedlings had ind
pressed him favorably. Mr. Tuttle of Bara-
boo, Wis, who took part in the discussion
strongly recommended the wealthy" variety
regarding it as the best of American apples.
Mr.. futile also made q report upon Russian
apples He said that sixty varieties were
shown at the Wisconsin state fair in 1854 He
had long been of the opinion that some of the
varieties of apples grown in the country north
east Of Moscow were adapted to the prairie
regions of the Northwest, and his experience
frmed HIM in that view. He believed, in fact,
that these apples would thrive even as far
north Is Manitoba Trees set in Dakota five
years ago were in good and promising condi-
ton.
e. g. d. Dart of Owatonna, delegate to the
annual meeting Of the Iowa Horticultural So
ciety In 1884, presented his report Mr.. Dart
states that last year was very disastrous to the
fruit interests in Iowa, the reports FROM direc-
tors from all sections of the state, except the
southwestern, showing light crop of fruits of
nearly all kinds. There was quite difference
of opinion as to the cause of this devastation,
but all agreed that harder trees were neces-
sity, and that to obtain long keepers Of the
best quality extensive experiments must be
carried on.
The annual report Of Oliver Gibbs, Jr, sec
rotary of the society, was then received. The
report was sent in from New Orleans Mr..
Gibbs, after referring to some routine matters
connected with his Office, says:
The year 1884 has been in some parts Of the
state favorable to the apple crop. We have
had no difficulty in obtaining large quantities Of
excellent specimens Of the "Wealthy," and
enough Of the sorts In more general bearing to
be able to show at the worlds exposition nearly
200 bushels in all ] have not found larger
quantity, nor finer specimens Of apples on ex-
hibition ct New Orleans in the exhibits Of any
state, although some Of them exceed us in
number If varieties.
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