The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-11-01

at work sorting and packing stock,
making cuttings and preparing roots Tor
shipment. Here lay a pile OF 10000
grape cuttings and q large stack OF
healthy looking pie plant roots reached
the ceiling. For those who still doubt
that fruit can be successfully grown in
in the Black Hills we give a few practical
illustrations. Here from a plat OF
Strawberries Captain Jack and Cres-
cent? 10 square rods, have been picked
Is75 OTIS. OF berries, which would give a
yield OF AS quarts per acre. A patcho o
800 Gregg raspberries, 3 years from sett-
ing, nctted last season 1920. Although
no fruit remained on trees the numerous
props still supporting the limbs showed
their fruitfulness. Many young trees
OF the Martha Crab, produced one peck
to the tree. Eve year old apple trees,
though injured by the high water OF
1885, were three inches in diameter and
man this season went one half bushel
to the tree. The firm show their faith
in fruit by their orchards OF different
varieties. They now have 5000 apple
trees out and propose to increase as
fast as ground is ready to 10000. A
cherry orchard OF 300 trees looks prom
Using. mulberry grove OF 5 years old
has borne fruit for two years. One oil
the finest sights was a plat OF l,Soo
three year old Concord grapes, we never
saw healthier vines, some had made a
growth of 10 feet the present season.
One, cannot but be impressed with the
healthiness of trees and vines and their
extraordinary growth. Many OF the
Snyder blackberries were one inch in
diameter. Apple trees had made a
growth OF five and pears five and one
half feet the present season. The
amount OF small stock, currants goose
berries, raspberries, blackberries, grapes
ETC., seemed exhaustless and OF apples
they have 100000. trees OF which 100,
600 must be sold this season. All who
can should visit these grounds in person
they surely will be well repaid and like
%ourself, astonished at the amour
OF stock ready for market and the vel
: ripened condition Of allvarieties. Surel,
, it will pay no one to send east whel
he car obtain acclimated stock SO nea
y home. But the stock OF this firm is no
;, confined to fruits. Owners OF timbe
= claims would do well to study thei
methods and stocks. The greatest ger
eral growth OF one planting was som
1000, 900 Box Elders from seed SOW
last fall many had made a growth {
OF four feet and from numbers OF plant
every seed must have grown. Nj
Thompson recommends ash for timbe
planting and in proof that it is not
= slow growth, showed many that hay
', this year made nine feet. Soft maple
five years old were twelve feet in heigh
y while a row Of lombardy poplars fly
years from cuttings would measure 2
feet, and walnuts six years old wei
= three inches in diameter. Over 1900
900 forest trees, besides a great variet
OF roses and other shrubbery are read.
for transplanting. AS we passed shape
ly spruce and pine, mountain ash wal
nuts and butternuts of just the right ag
for transplanting and walked through
rows OF catalpa ash and silver leaf!
many feet above our heads we thought
not only OF the many barren farm
homes but OF the naked streets Of Rapi'
:. City which these trees would SO we
adorn.- X.