Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-12-19
COVERINGS FOR ORCHARDS
TCountry Gentleman.l


namely, to the re-
AIRY in he orchards and nurseries of the
northwest. So
Prof. Goff of Wisconsin, an expert
menter and a practical nurseryinan of
wide experience and enyiable reputa
tlon has also published a bulletin en-
titled Effects Of The February Freeze
Of 1899 upon Nurseries and Fruit Plan
stations in tn, Northwest. This is a
document OF much interest His tabu-
lated obscrvations go To SHOW that some
APPLES aie comparatively harder iii the
orchard than in the nursery For EXAM
pie, the hardest apples in the nursery
We're the following, in order of cold re-S
sistanee: Oldenburg, iHibernal. Wealthy.
Virginia Crab, Whitney 20. Wolf River.
t'haraInoif and l.ongiieid. In the orr
sciiard. the scale of hardness proved to
be as follows: Wealthy, Oldenburg.
Yelluw Transparent, Longtisld. Hiber7
nal Whitney 20 aud Iowa Blush. The
tenderest varieties in the nursery ware
Jonathan, Otter, Grimes Golden, Haas,
Waibridge and okahena. The tenaerest
varieties in the orchard We're Ben lDa
Wis tsieD, Walbridge, Haas. Jonathan.
From observations made at Madison,
whers however the Thermometer
reached only ~. degrees, it would APP
pear that the hardest cherries. as re-
CARDS iruit buds, We're the following:
Morcllo. Shadow sNmaielle. bye House
and Gsfhem. Some cherry trees per-
ishee n the orchard from root killing.
Among piums, the Japanese and
chiekasaw Varieties suffered most. and
after these the European varieties The
American varieties endured the cold re
maikably Well especially as regards
fruit buds. y few young trees We're
Irnot-kileg, but established trees
iboomed apaneantly in Wisconsin Min
rssota and especially III Manitoba.
where the mercury Went dawn below 50
degrees. The snaw covering which
these sections enjoyed may have saved
the trees from roo,-killing. but could
lshave had no influence IN producing the
flower buds Certain varieties Of rasi,-
lherries and bls,ckbei'riss endured With
out damage such temperatures as ~ t9
81 degrees.
4 Prof Goff' 5 conclusions are. first that
/ Z a HON covering for the nursery IN
winter may Prove invaluable Ne
1 thinks that 9 gfeat part Of tbs, unusual
damage. especially the roots killing WAS
4 due totle absenceof this snow blanket.
Secord, n the absence of the snoN coy-
! eling, i covering ~ litter Is OF value
"A cover crop fot winter in the orchard
/ and nurssry is unques ,ienably wise
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