Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-13

say it is killed or badly injured.
What varieties are not injured ?
The reports do not mention n singl,
variety that has not been injured.
Notice any difference in stocks useC
on cherries and plums?" Quite 4
number reported that they did not
notice any difference, others reported
plums best on own roots, on marianns
injured, and on peach and myrabolau
dead. Among cherries mahaleb stock
stood the best, mazzard injured some
few report pin-cherry stock as all
right.
Grape vines killed?' No standard
variety mentioned that has not been
injured.
Varieties not injured?" Natives,
Clinton and Oporto were the only
varieties mentioned that were not re-
ported as injured.
'Raspberries kiiled?" Fifty per
cent of the blackcaps and seventy five
per cent of the red raspberries are re-
ported injured in the counties where
the greatest damage was done to small
fruits.
what varieties not injured?" Tur-
ner and Redtield have stood the best
of the red raspberries and Older,
Palmer and Kansas among the black
caps What Evergreens have been
killed in roots or top?" Red Cedar,
Balsam Fir, Arbor-Vita, Norway
Spruce are badly injured, White and
Scotch pines damaged in the tops.
what shrubs We're killed on your
lawn?" Tamarix, White Fringe, ny
brid perpetual roses, honeysuckles,
syringas, hibiscus, snowballs Trumpet
vine and Wistaria.
What herbaceous perennials were
killed." Hollyhocks, graspinks, lilies,
iris, paeonias, perennial phlox, peren-
NAL peas and clematis.
How deep did the ground freeze in
your county," The depth reported
ranges from eighteen inches to nine
feet in exposed places; average depth
four and one-half feet.
"Were trees injured more on north
than on south slopes?" Some answered
that they could SEQ no difference; M
many more said the greatest damage
was on the northwest and northern
slopes but few answered to much in
jury on south or southeastern slopes.
Notice any difference in amount of
injury in wet or dry, clay or sandy
soils?" Many reports seem to confirm
the belief that the greatest damage is
found on dry soils, rs to location, on
high ridges and in exposed places. Az
to the character of the soil, most injury
on sandy, then clay, next loans. The
greatest damage is found in bare
ground with clean culture, where
covered with mulch, litter of any kind,
grass or weeds the injury was not so
great.
The greatest loss is in nursery stock
in young trees set in orchard within
the last two years; in old trees in feeble
health; in grape vines; blackberry
bushes; ornamental shrubbery and
hardy perennials. Fruit trees in good
health, on suitable soils aud in good
locations, that have been in orchard
from five to fifteen years, are but little
damaged.
| Perhaps no one can crystalline into
a compact statement all of the many
causes which resulted in so much
damage to the fruit industry of the
state. Briefly, some of the causes may
be traced to the past few dry years in
which the subsoil lost much of its
moisture; to cool air and rains the last
decade of October which stimulated an
excessive root action late in the season
to long cold winter without blanket
of snow to protect the soil from alter.
nate freezing and thawing which oc,
CURED in January, February and
March.
While the loss to fruit growers has
been great there is nothing in it tC
discourage them, or prevent further
efforts toward success. A similar ex
perience may not occur again for many
years. Even with half crop OF
fruit, which is now promised, Iowa will
still have enough fruit to supply ali
the demands of her home markets.
The latest report on the fruit crop is
here given in per cent: apples 60
plums Ga, cherries So, currants SO
grapes 81, raspberries 81, blackberrief
10 and strawberries So of an average
crop. Very respectfully yours,
| WESLEY GREENE