Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-09-29
IOWA FRUIT 1|)DDR[|
Reports d % Expsrimsnt il Top.
working and Budding on
Hardy Stocks.

4 ssrs.fs s II
Best Kinds and Quality 81 stooks
Varieties Suited for Iowa
Climate
Special to Times Republican,.
Des Moines, Sept. 90 Secretary
Greene of the State horticultural So.
ciety has sent out the following Valuable.
bulletin on fruit culture, made up from,
the recent meeting held at the fair:
w. NJ. Bombsrger, or Harlan, said he
wanted to encourage people TO do more
topworklng of fruit trees by either
grating or budding them. Bystopwork- 1
ing on hardy stocks many varieties can
be grown in the state that will not en-
dure the climate on their own roots.
Other advantages are that fruit from
hybrid seedlings can be secured In less
time by working them on bearing trees,
high priced novelties can be obtained
more cheaply for testing by, buying a
few sciona, or old and und eslrRble vari-
cites may be changed In a few years by
topWork.ng on them more desirable
kinds. go
Scions for .topworkiag should be cut
in the fall or winter and Kept In a cool
place SO they Will remain dormant until
used. For late spring or early summer
budding an zee house. liz q good place to
keep scions, or they may be buried on
the north side of "a building in box
having a Stat bottom so that water will
drain away readily and not stand about
them. In such a location, with a light
mulch thrown over them they will keep
| in good condition until July.
The season for topworking can be
very much extended by budding as these
are set after it isstoo late to graft. In
budding dormant buds may be get to
| grow the same season as soon aa the
bark will lift easily, this usually occurs
early in May. AT this season the buds
take quickly and in a few days the top.
4 Should be cut off. Would not recon-
| mend removing all, of the top from old
trees the first years. Buds may be set
In wood from one to four years old.
Later in the season buds are set In the
stone fruits of the same seasons growth.
Buds set in hate summer and early fall
4 should remain dormant until the next
4 spring.
The influence OF the stock has much
sto do with the success of topworkings
and should always be considered. Miner
is a good stock for Japanese plums. De.
4 Soto is not a success when worked on
the Myrobalan. Crimes Golden does
/ well on the Virginia crab.
4 j.. S. Trigg, of Rockford, said that the
\ Briers sweet was a good stock for the
/ Fameuse.
4 G. q. Blodgett-The Lombard does
we'll on the Blue Damson at Mount
Il Pleasant.
4 r. r. Speer, Cedar Falls-No one stock
4 Is good for all varieties. have tried
Il gHyslop, Transcendent and Virginia
crabs, Duchess. Pln1nb's Cider and
many other varieties OF apples Duchess
4 is a poor stock. Gros Pomier will fail
4 in dry soils because its roots grow near
4 the surface of the ground. Whitney No.
4 20 makes good stock for many vari-
i cites. find that the Grimes does not
A drop its fruit 80 badly when worked on
i Plumb's Cider. The Big Estray Is the
i best stock that have tried and the Nir-
4 GINA crab the next best.
i The difference noticed in the size of
1 the trees in the nursery row is largely
i due to the influence of the Seeding
stocks on which the variety is worked.
4 c. G. Patten. Charles City-I do not
4 believe We have any best stock. The
Il Virginia crab is a good stock for east
4 ern Iowa. The Brier Sweet fails in the
+ northwestern part OF the state and the
4 Virginia will fail there from the same
q cause.
4 The Rrier Sweet is a red crab. Many
; of its seedlings are very hardy, more
q hardy, l think. than Whitney No. 20.
!, These seedlings should be more extern
!. sively grown for nursery stocks
Profits in Early Fruits was the Ii
!, tie of paper read by ]. c. Ferris. OF
S Hampton. If the early bird catches
!, 1.-The worm then the worm feeds the
q bird. The first in the season of its kind
4 is always in demand. While all the
s more desirable fruits offered may ex-
pect a market, only those first in the
4 market can hope for the best prices.
q From the Aiitchell's Early strawber-
Z ry to the Northwestern Greening apple
!, 1.-THE very early completes With theS late
Z for first prizes and best prices. In
II }strawberries the very earliest bring
y the best price per quart. In raspberries,
currants and gooseberries the same rule
holds good. / have sold GAINESVILLE
III SIdpeSs tusCSAlS pCLsp0ShGtckI tAA AOuIO
lit difficult to market the much better
q Worden at % cents. The Cheney plum
: brought so cents peck on Aug. 5,
while much better plums sold on Aug,
! 20 to Sept. 10 at % TO IS cents a peck
Eut all these prices are side issues as
compared to the king of fruit-the APP
Y Iple. In the north We begin to eat the
! Yellow Transparent from July 10 to the
j goth, and it is always % cents peck al
! Hampton. 1t takes the market where
the winter apples leave it, and the de-
|mand is only limited by the number OF
apple eaters within reach. Given ar
s elevated site, with suitable soil, and ter
:. acres Of Yellow Transparent apple
Z trees would be a very profitable orchard
s near any large city.
u p. F. Kline, of Storm Lake, in dis
cussing the outlook for fruit in north.
! western Iowa, said in part: After the
apathy caused by last years discourag.
! ing and destructive effects it is a pleas.
ure to note the increased confidence OF
the people in the things that be. A crop
before the eyes is q more potent argu.
ment than all the chin music OF agent
) or grower. Seeing Is believing. With
!, the fruit before his eyes the customary
.dquize Of the eastern or southern visitor
"a Of Can YOU raise fruit in northwestern