Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-09-25
GROWING PEANUTS IN IOWA.
Dubuque Telegraph


GROWING PEANUTS IN IOWA.
dubuque Telegraph
Raising peanuts in Iowa IL q new In
idustry and yet in an experimental stage.
Dubuque county has young farmer,
Fred Chesternlan, son of G.. c. Chester
man, OF Vernon township, who has been
experimenting with the peanut vine.
Last spring he set out q large number
Of plants or. his fathers farm. He
chose the southwest side OF a hill, which
gave the vines the greatest amount OF
sunshine and protected them from any
chilly blasts that might come from the
northwest. The experiment is quite q
success, as the vines have done we'll,
and bore fruit which is Of q fine quality.
a!tho not quite as large as those grown
in Virginia and the Carolinas.
The blossom is blue in color-and after
blooming sprouts downward into the
ground and grows the same as potato
The experiment viii be continued next
season. when Mr.. Chesterman will plant
several varieties to ascertain which spe-
.cies will thrive best In this Climate and
soil. Peanut raising IS being taken up
in Iowa. In Allamakee county, near
Waukon, gardener has from one half
to one acre lin peanuts, which are Of
fine quality and put on the market and
bought and uied by merchants of Wau-
lkon. Another experimenting farmer In
Peru township, has several vines planted
In sandy soil. from which the yield is q
fine berry which when roasted has fine
flavor. Diversified farming will not be
complete unless It contains . patch Of
peanut vines.
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