The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-03-25

bordering on its blue waters. The first
requisite for model country homestead is
. profusion Of fruit and shade trees, set on
by varying shrubbery plants and flowers.
This first and important feature has been
considerably and lavishly treated on the
farm, which now bids fair to rival the mag
nifcence of . California fruit ranch.
That it is IN way to attain such success
the reader may judge by noting the quality
and quantity Of the vegetation herein
described and which has been intro
duced by . corps of skilled horticulturists.
Everything that science has suggested is
being employed. For instance, the intro
duction OF numerous hives of bees would
lead most people to believe that honey
was to be considered only as an aid in the
financial outcome. This, however. il but
secondary consideration. tbs for the bene-
fit that will accrue by the presence of the
bee among the fruit trees when in blossom.
1t 10 not generally known that tho BIOS
som on fruit tree must first be fertilized
by the dust that 10 seen clinging to the
stamens of flowers, the pollen, before it
will produce fruit. Ordinarily the wind
and insects carry this fertilizer to the pis-
tils of the blossom, but tho surer and
trustier agent is the common honey bee.
This indefatigable worker persistently
visits from flowers to blossom, carrying
with it the pollen and depositing it within
the heart of the fruit blossom. and the re-
suit is sure guarantee of plentiful crop.
Without pollen there could be no fruit;
with but an insufficient supply the fruit is
never perfect: but those fruit trees to
which bees are known to have access the
fruit will invariably be sound and luscious.
This is but one OF the means that
skilled horticultural employs to attain
success. 1t would make very interesting
reading to learn of the vast array of ex.
periments that have produced just such
practical results a. have been discovered
concerning the bee and which must be
employed to secure ultimate success in
fruit raising.
But assuming it to be . fact that the
Sound climate is the place for excellence
for fruit culture brief description of the
present state of the property to be inn
proved is given.
In. setting out the trees an order was
placed in the hands of . noted Eastern
firm for trees that had quality and produc-
ton a. their prime features. These began
to arrive q year ago. and a. fast as each
consignment was received it was carefully
heeled in and watched. So that there are
among the fruit trees the following varie-
ties:
Fifteen hundred prunss; the majority being
Twelve hundred apples, comprising the eight
One hundred plums: Hungarian white and
blue egg.
One hundred cherries; Queen Anne and Black
Republican.
One hundred pears; Ba:tlstt and ssckel.
Five hundred varieties of nectariues, april.
cots, ounces, figs, hardy olives and oranges
These will be carefully watched, and a.
fast as those that fail can be replaced tho
successful kind will replace It. OF the
small fruits the usual varieties, such a.
the best known varieties of trawberries.
red and white currant, mammoth goose.
berry, raspberry, Japan wineberries, June
berries, Buffalo berries, Eleagnus long.
ipe berry, 100 mulberry, including the
Russian, have been set out in great mum.
beers.
Among the miscellaneous are the
camphor trees and tea plsnts. Shade
trees have been selected entirely for their
beauty and utility, and consist of many
healthy growths of the American elm,
beech, birch, linden willow, cedar Jap
anese), oak, magnolia, tulip trees, maiden
hair trees, sugar maple, soft and scarlet
maple.
In nut trees those that are usually found
here besides other rare kinds are: The
hickory, walnut, pecan. hard and soft
shell almond, and peanuts.
These varieties Of all the well-known
ceiving considerable attention from the
state board Of horticulture.
In addition to identifying tho place
plants, perennials, roses, vines and shrub
berry have been profusely set out. and to
close the list . full complement of vege-
table seeds have been planted.
The prOpertv is very beautifully laid