Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-11-12

or else st,r n,s ana increase their hardinsss
them. The I INV Win hardy fruits and improve
s.aoy as above stated but the dvson a ser us
wo,, ~ , Lasls OF discussion and exnermnnt -
y yoe hase tirst-class variety Of Unit t,o+ -
a locai.' " pear the severity of the climate Of
tonohe, =, mere is little use of tryins to
that it Lil1 ~ a.sampting to grow it The fact
+, c1ns hardy. If disease is 1 my, Ga h its
!; ;'an 10 a certain class of men or q na iay
Tho "1 W be folly to expose such neone 10
nla u,f;!ease, with hope of estabpshn w
araat 10y. through heredty. There is 3
a."s aeal In the method of progressive
the same ilu us ,ha los {; call it Using
to'' .las races of men have become hardened
m NJ many things that will kin off. With
~, ,uon certainty, men whose ancestors have
m nUS oeen called upon to resist such
, umr'.soranie conditions in gradual increas-
the s;e nd;ry In other words, it is law CT
species or .u ro 10 some extent, and of the
thin,rs VI race to agreater degree, that living
e n.iss can gradually become accustomed to
Tg 70 81 !. and conditions that would prove
go. "a suddenly experienced. For examnle
n am not misinformed, there are frlits
s 5,rS IN Southern Iowa that will not at
Siate n' - tlitave IN the northern part of the
10y IT, IL IS doubtless true that as time goes
gu na .hese plants will gradually acquire a hard
ness which will permit of their successful
culture IN Northern Iowa. In this way tho
soou fruits may become acclimatized in re-
s.ons where at first they could not grow. It
aeuii.s 10 me that nurserymen are not much
s sana 70 aol,'g this work in this way They
.t lsI OF fruits into severe region and
test the climate and the trees in a Wholesale
a ,.nt unfair way In this discussion we must
not over ook the fact that good deal is known
concerning the effect of climate upon species.
fof example, tho seeds of tree growing in
al 1l. eHpo t mountainous i place may produce
other seeds from tree of tho same species
growing IN a subtroplca climate will produce
plants that readily succumb Plants from one
sue OF mountain may correspond in out
ward characteristics to others of the same
specs ON the, opposite side of the
m or1aa range me-, but differ greatly in their
offsprings of hardy plants, and produce
plants OF gr Mt hardness, while the others are
from parents that have not been severely
1ested, ana therefore produce tender plants.
Inc short of it is this: Develop the hardness
OF good sorts by continually subjecting them
10 Tess severity than they can withstand. Dc
strengthen them by. a proper amount On the
otnef mana II may be best in some cases tc
brlng IN species or varieties that are well able
to withstand the severest tests of an almost
arctic winter, and after having once establish
ed orchards or fruit gardens of such sorts
begin the improvement of the same by the
various methods as laid down in the works on
the subject, and existing in the minds of in
telligent fruit growers
The Importance of hardness is oulv apprc.
clated by. those who live in regions where the
climate is less severe, and where as We
fruit trees are uncertain property The
orchard may do we'll for few years, after
which test sea on comes and the trees are
killed. In such cases it is the iron-clad va
from an equally severe climate, when they
have become hardy by the slow process OF
natural selection. Whichever way the work il
done it is slow. The question OF time mos
annoys the American. b. d. Wulsted, 1,
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