The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-05-29
PERTINENT FACTS FOR FARM
Frs WHO DESIRE ORCHARDS.

EKS WhO OhC6AhUS.
1t is important that farmers who
desire to provide themselves with
good and wholesome fruit should OBJ
serve and obey the important fact
that trees which will flourish in our
bleak winters and not blight from
overgrowth or other cause during
our dry, hot summers, be obtained
and properly planted out and cared
for.
Some varieties Of trees are adapted
to resist and withstand all these con-
ditions OF heat and cold. remaining
healthy and vigorous growers and
profnse fruit bearers year after year,
while others, after a sickly existence
of four or five years, die out, without,
perhaps, having given the patient
farmer single specimen OF fruit.
The difference in the original cost Of
trees that arc adapted 10 our climate
and its conditions, and of those which
practically are worthless, il too trif-
ling to consider, while the cost OF
planting and protecting from the
depredations of marauding animals is
as much for the worthless as for the
valuable variety.
The man who goes throu gh the
world with his eyes open will observe
in different ATTITUDES different yarie-
ties Of forest trees, Of grains, grasses,
fruits and flowers. Such a man would
not expect to cultivate the Florida
orange or banana in our northern
latitude, nor the peach or ounce Of
Maryland, though If perchance bis
home was transferred to either, he
might propagate and successfully
grow the hardy northern varietie {
there but would not desire them, as
varieties specially adapted to that
climate are abundant.
And SO the farmer in our latitude
who desires an abundance of good
homegrown fruit, to obtain it must
procure trees that will grow and be
healthy with him with proper care.
We have recently devoted one af
ternoon this week in looking through
the extensive New Oregon Nursery o.
u. b. Mitchell, situated two mile,
south of Cresco, and unhesitatingl,
assure persons in Northern Iowa ant
in Minnesota that they can Obtain
everything in the Standard Russian
varieties of him that our latitude
soil and climate requires. Mr.. Mitch
ell has been propogating these varie
ties for several years and has thor
oughly tested their hardness ant
fruiting qualities. A portion Of hi
Iground where he first started hi
nursery is very sandy and of 50 poo
Ia quality that all his Duchess tree
lplanted there have died out, while I
SOLITARY Russian tree, the first he pu
out, is perfectly healthy, showing .
vigorous growth, and is a perfec
sheet of bloom. And in passing abou
through his Nursery we saw hun
dreds of Russian varieties from thre,
to five feet in height, representing
from three to five years growth
which were in full bloom, and from
many OF which Mr.. Mitchell informed
us he gathered apples last year o.
fine quality and excellent flavor-the
ones he had at our county fair.
In addition to the Russians, he ha.
the usual supply OF the Wealthy ant
similar popular varieties, but strange
ly enough none of these show the
early propensity to fruit everywhere
manifest with the Russian trees.
An examination of the Russian
trees in all parts of the Nursery, and
in all conditions showed them per
fectly healthy, while similar exam
ination Of other varieties, though 81
the reputed hardy class, showed
them colored and diseased at the
heart, and necessarily short-livet
and perhaps fruitless during life
These considerations II duly weighed
by persons about to plant out an or
chard, will prompt them to obtain
the Russian trees only.
In addition to his nursery stocl
proper, he has all the varieties of or
namental shrubs, plants and trees
grown and adapted to our latitude
and at prices to compare favorabl,
with other dealers and growers o
such stock. His stock of evergreen
is very extensive even embracing va
rieties from the Black Hills OF Dakota
| He employs as agents men known
in the community where they solicit
orders, and men who have unblen
ished regulations for truthfulnes
and who would not mis-represent OF
mis- state a q t to make q sale.
1t will be time profitably employed
by any person contemplating putting
out an orchard, in any OF the coun
ties contiguous to ours, to visit the
New Oregon Nursery and see fol
themselves the vast difference in the
Russian trees from the common
stock. Both may be found there
and the proprietor will cut dowI
trees anywhere to demonstrate tn.
perfectly healthy condition of tn,
Russian trees in every position, ant
the almost invariable decay ant
death that seems inherent in almos
all half-hardy varieties.