The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-04-04
Wisconsin horticultural Mcc"ln".

The subject OF III" soml-C"n]ch'>l"l
celebration Of Wisconsin as q stat" was
introduced. and after some discussion
as to what part Of the work the soctoj?
would assume, on motion J. G. IIumb
Of Milton was made the historian Of the
soaicty to collect and prepare matter
to Be printed for distribution as the so
| cicty may direct Mr.. Chas. llIrSch~
! niger Of Earaboo gave a history OF tn"
! Newell apple. The seed was brought
from New York and planted in 1SiS IN
township L. range g., on section To-
and was the only tree OF the lot that dlH
not winter kill. It vas transplantNd
| when quite small on section II, where 1t
now stands in healthy condition. after
life Of nearly half a century.
The secretary presented his plan for
planting the trial orchard. which LED
to discussion of varieties and hardness.
Prof. Golf thought that top working on
hardy stocks had a tendency to IN
! creased hardness Of varieties. but
would Dot do it for all yarCticS-Would
start with ten varieties that are known
to be hardy ard take twelve trees OF
each and plant thirty feet apart. And
for the trial orchard would take all
new, promising varieties, as they may
he offered by growers. or would top
work by putting sCions in older or bear
ing trees.
Mr.. Uirschingor favored owning the
land rather than renting for a term OF
years Would set out five acres the
coming spring OF our known hardy va
ricties Duchess, McNahan. Newell Hi
berral. SCOTS Winter, Ayiss, n, ".
GreeNing and Wealthy. Considered the
Hibernai 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 five year Odds, nursery
grown.
! Only very few from the committee
> of observation reported. J. l.. Herbst
. Of Sparta said that the severe frost OF
, last May killed most all the strawber-
o rcs, as we'll as the raspberries, Cur
@ rants were considerably damaged,
y gooscberries only slightly, and were a
good crop. The late rains in that local
ity favored plant growth, and the pros
" pect for a strawberry crop with an
p abundance Of plants for 1896 was good
6 Report from Eau Claire-Frost was
damaging, but though the crop Of small
: fruit was rot large prices were good
- P!ums ard grapes were fine crop.
:. Mr.. Converse Of TT. Atkinson.-Tht
=, past season was very poor for small
!, fruits; strawberries nearly failure
=, Currants and goOsebeTics a good crop
- Tie earliest plantations Of strawberric
4 last spring are the most promising 70
9 crop in 1896. Would advise frui
growers to stick by those varietie
which paid them best.
Naraboo.-All small fruits nearly
le failure BY reason Of May frosts. Tn
X promise Of tree fruits was fine, bu
H. owing to the hard freeze no fruit Sc
~ Sturgeon Bay, Door County.-Plum
-, fine crop, apples good, strawberrie
a. injured some by frost.
bo Appleton, Outagamie County.-Mr
n Huntley reported plum trees in fu
a. bloom May 10 with mercury at 9
o. May IS, apple trees in full bloom, wit
va ice and snow. Grape leaves all kille
he but some NV bloom from dormal
n buds matured little fruit. Curran
It. were q total failure.
at George J. kellogg Of GAINESVILLE gay
a short paper, "Orchards in Hal
Tia Places" Advised planting the seeds
nd Duchess and Hibernal where you wan
in ed the trees to grow; did not believe
whole root gratis, bdt preferred to era
liz seedlings when two years old with Vi
Of ginia Crab, then after two yeal
it'll Growth TOP work with Duchess, Charl
Der moff. Hibornal Repka, Mclenka al
of Patterns Greenirg For culinary pu
poses the Virginia Crab is equal
nd Trarscendent. All young trees shou
the be shaded on the south side with sol
Hnd Of protection from the hot sun.
vas Mr. !. c. Plumb thought such ire
me would be too expensive for the farlnt
to buy, as no nurseryman could atto
a to grow them to sell for less than
md cents apiece. He favored a short re
per with long scion, plant rather deep, a
in two years time you have tree V
Of tua,lv on it's own roots. Mr.. H0,
ost thought farmers would not object
the paying IS cents for an apple tree if tn
were sure they were getting somethl
hardy. He had known some who h
paid more than this sum and then w
big fooled. Mr.. Philips conceded with
ise, statement. Mr.. Hinkley, delegate r.
lost Iowa. stated that he saw very fine
ain pies last fall from Nebraska, grown
cd trees from seeds planted where
G as trees we're to remain. and were
!. 10 worked with such varieties as W
cut wanted and this plan was much
ana yored in that state. Mr. Potter
o"' Charles City, Iowa, had found the Sc
'chS OF the Perry Russet to be very har