The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-04-24

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Tho subject OF the somi-centennlal
celebration Of Wisconsin as a state was
introduced. and after some discussion
az TO what part Of the work the society
would assume. on motion J. c. Plumb
OF Milton was made the historian OF the
society 20 collect and prepare matter
10 be printed for distribution as the 90
cioiy may direct. Mr.. Chag. Hirsch-
niger Of Baraboo gave a history Of the
Newell apple. Tho seed was brought
from New York and planted In isis In
township r. range GO. on section 10.
and was the only tree Of the lot that did
not winter Kill II was trausplanted
when quite small on section IL. whore II
now stands In healthy condition after
life Of nearly half century.
The secretary presented his plan for
planting the trial orchard. which led
to discussion Of varieties and hardness
PIot Con thought that top working on
hardy stocks had tendency to In
creased hardness OF varieties. but
would not do Il for all varieties would
start with ten varieties that are known
to be hardy and take twelve trees Of
ench and plant thirty feet apart And
Tor the trial orchard would take all
new. promising varieties. az they may
be offered by growers. or would top
work by putting scions In older or bear
ing trees.
Mr Hirschinger favored owning the
land rather than renting for a term OF
years Would set out 1--WE acres the
coming spring Of our known hardy va
rle'ies. Duchess. McMahan. Newell Ill
bcrnal. SCOTS Winter. Avista, n. W.
Grconlng and Wealthy. Considered the
iiibernal was more hardy than the
Duchess. Would plant twenty feet
apart each way. and favored the expert
mental orchard Of all hardy varieties
he could get. Would plant the trees
from two TO i've year olds. nursery
grown.
Only a very few from the committee
OF observation reported. j. l.. Hcrbst
OF Sparta said that the severe frost Of
last May killed most all the strawber-
ries' a. well as the raspberrles. Cur
rants were considerably damaged.
gooscberries only slightly. and were
good crop. The late rains in that local.
ily favored plant growth. and the pros
poet for strawberry crop with an
abundance OF plants for 1896 was good.
Report from Eau Claire. Frost was
damaging, but though the crop OF small
fruit was not large prices we're good.
Plums and grapes were a fine crop.
Mr. Converse OF IT. Atkinson. Tho
past season was very poor for small
fruits; strawberries nearly a failure
Cuuants and gooseberrlos good crop.
The earliest plantations OF strawberries
last spring are the most promising for
crop In 1896. Would advise fruit
growers 10 stick by those varieties
which paid them best.
Baraboo All small fruits nearly a
failure by reason OF May frosts. The
promise Of tree fruits was fine. but
owing to the hard freeze no fruit set.
Sturgeon Bay. Door County. Pluma
fine crop, apples good, strawberries
injured some by frost.
Appleton. outagamie County. Mrs.
Huntlcy reported plum trees IN full
bloom May 10 with mercury at 30.
May 10, apple trees In full bloom, with
ice and snow. Grape leaves all killed.
but some NV bloom from dormant
buds matured a little fruit Currants
were a total failure.
George J. Kellogg OF IAnesville gave
o short paper. Orchards In Hard
Places" Advised planting the seeds OF
Duchess and Hibernal where you want
ed the trees to grow; did not believe in
whole root crafts. but preferred To graft
seedlings when two years old with Vlr-
glnia Crab, then after two years
growth top work with Duchess. Charla-
mon, Hlbernal, Repka. Melenka and
Patterns Grecning. For culinary pur-
poses the Virginia Grab Ia equal 10
Transeendcnt. All young trees should
be shaded on the south side with some
kind OF protection from the hot sun.
Mr.. J. c. Plumb thought nuoh treep
would DC too oxpensive for the farmers
to buy. as no nuraeryman could afford
to grow them TO sell for less than II
cents apiece. He favored n short ROOT
with long scion, plant rather deep. and
Ia two years time you have a tree vlr.
tually o. its own roots. Mr.. Hoxi,
thought farmers would not object q
paying Is cents for an apple tree II tho,
we're sure they were getting something
hardy. He had known some who hat
paid more than this sum and thon wor,
fooled. Mr.. Philips colneided with IN,
statement Mr.. Huxley, delegate from
Iowa, stated that no saw very fine up
pies last fall from Nebraska. grown OF
trees from seeds planted where thu
treos were 10 remain, and were toI
worked with such varieties as worl
wanted, and this plan was much IA
yored in that state. MIR. Potter O
Charles City. Iowa, had found tho seed
Of the Perry Russot TO be very hardy
Seedlings OF the whitney No. 20 arr
the most hardy Of any variety no haI
planted. Sweet Ruasot Ia very hard,
and the variety was originally from
Vermont. virginia and shields' Crab
arc both hardy and make exeellon
stacka 10 graft on. Would fnVor Rhor