St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-20


the luxury from their premises.
With these considerations it is difficult to
arrive at any other conclusion than the
praeticability of growing fruit in the state.
III 1t could be proved that no man had ever
made money for his labor through fruit
growing IN Minnesota as an occupation. and
mat all following it had been always
obliged to restrict themselves to the greatest
economy In order TO gain . livelihood.
that II never in any instances paid fair
prOht on the capital invested. then. indeed.
we might be somewhat disheartened and
might consider our case rather a hopeless
one. But a very different state of things
can be proven. 1t is we'll known that our
frult-growers in the vicinity of St. Paul
and Minneapolis have made money.
Especially this is so with our small fruit
and grape growers. do not deny that to
garden fruit Of the large varieties requires
PATIENCE AND PRACTICE
and work in this climate The powers of
eaIth, air, frost and water have Joined
those OF the far-distant sun. and during the
hitherto rather short life of most of our
apple trees there has been an example of
complication of the most wonderful laws of
nature. Ii seems TO have been ordained
that every step in the knowledge of apple
and thus il has been during the past year.
What we know dwindIes away in COMPARE
son with that which we desire to know.
We have 10 contend with climated inhu-
ences, but let us work on and win. If we
have one, two, three, Tour. five and six
varieties Of apples. we may reasonably ex-
pect the Introduction of more Of the
some sort every year. This is law of ma
ture. Let no one forget it. Our worthy
old pomOlOgiSt, Peter VI. Gideon, has some
forty varieties of new seedlings. which he
has prOpagated ON the shores of Lake Min
netonka, which are quite equal TO the
Wealthy. Some are ven harder than that
famous apple. Some. too. are OF more
MELT and are longer keepers. All of these
will soon be scattered TO the four corners Of
the state.
TRANSFORMING TREES.
Probably. if it were made a rule, in re-
moving trees 10 reduce the last years
growth 10 one bud, half the failures in
transplanting would not occur. provided
the proper care had been bestowed on the
newly set out trees, because the head and
roots would be brought at once to some
thing like balance of power. Shortening
and mulcting trees ought to be followed as
an established rule in this state in trans
planting.
We all know that the best growth and
the finest fruit are to be expected when the
tree Is furnished with the materials of nu-
triment in just the right proportions.
The sites OF orchards have great deal to
do with the practicability of growing fruit
IN Minnesota. Situations can be found on
quarter section of land that would be
favorable. and the same tract that would be
unfavOrable.
The paper provoked an interesting dis
cussion, which was pretty generally entered
into.
APPLE GROWING IN IOWA.
Z. W. Gaylord, of Nora Springs, Iowa,
presented paper on apples, and related to
the cultivation of apples in the Northwest
in the past and included the experiences of
many of the growers in Northern Iowa in
the last thirty-two years. The first trees were
set out before the government had completed
It's survey. The ground selected was not
adapted to the culture and after upwards of
twenty years struggle that conclusion was ar
rived at, and a tract was selected that was pro-
tected by tall and heavy timber lie had
observed that in many instances orchards on
northern slope, absolutely unprotected
from the rigOrs of the winters. and cared for
by inexperienced hOrticulturiSts, grew APP
pies. He found that the actual knowledge
brought WeStfrOm the East is damage rath-
er than benefit. The theoryi is wrong. The
paper alleged that nuTseTymen had robbed
the Northwest out of many thousands of
dollars. For soil neither wet nor dry should
be selected. Good corn land is generally
all right, but extra good corn land Is not
adapted to an orchard. The land should be
high, and northeast slope is the best and
southwest the poorest. 1t is found that the
natural tendency of tree is growing toward
the northeast and to certain destruction. 1t
was deemed that clover should not be grown
in an orchard. because it naturally brings
rabbits and mice. Potatoes are injurious To
the trees. In growing three trees in one
bunch, happy results are attained. The
tops diverge from each other, and thus each
protects the others. OF all stock in or
chards, the pig takes the precedence. He
roots out the insects. He will uproOt, over
turn all the rubbish and till the soil. He
should be kept in the orchards from early
spring until gathering time.
The paper treated blight. To prevent it.
mulching was advocated.
The paper elected thanks, and Mr.. GAY
lord was elected an honorary member of the
society.
Mr.. Gaylord gave the cause of blight.
Sudden rains, alternating with hot sun is
apt to create blight. 1t is usually caused by
miasmatic poison.
a. c. Tuttle had considerable experience,
and blight, he thought, could not be &C
counted for. 1t comes and goes, and no one
knows when it Is going to come and no one
knows when it will go.
MIR. BuSse set out currant bushes between
the rows of apple trees, and in the spring
he covered the ground near the roots of the
trees. He considered it a protection from
blight.
William SOmerville turned about seventy
five hogs into his pasture, and since then
he had never been troubled with blight.
A. W. SiOs of Rochester believed that
blight was OccaSiOned by an insect or living
organism which floats in the air and lights
in the trees. He believed in kerosene and
other applications that would not fail to de-
stroy living organisms. He also favored
salt and ashes.
The subject of the dwarf June berry was
brought up by Mr.. Harris. He considered
il pretty plant and should raise it because
IN his locality there was an increasing de-
mand for it, The subject was discussed at
some length.
REPORTS.
j. e. Northrup. secretary Of the Henne-
pin Horticultural society, submitted his re-
port, indicating the most gratifying results
in his society. He stated that hundreds of
farmers in the Northwest had received
benefits from the information disseminated
by it. He spoke of the last Hennepin fair
or exhibition held in the new Bracket
block. The receipts had been inadequate
to the expenses, and the premiums were
not paid, and owing to the irregularity in a
certain particular in the organization the
money justly due it from the state has not
been paid over.
The reported was accepted and ordered