The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-05
They Are Given the State Horticul-
tural Society by It's Retiring
President.
The Cherry Can Be Grown in Min
nesota, Too-Convention
Completes Its Work.

Plums We're prominent among the sub
jects discussed by experienced politicians
and fruitgrOwers this morning<at the an
nual meeting of the State Horticultural
society. WV. Pandergast of Hutchin-
son. the retiring president Of the society
knew something about many kinds Of
plums. He would like to have them ALL
he said, but he could, hope to secure a
few only. He read, however a list Of the
plums with which he was especially, en-
amoured, that his hearers might make
their own selections. The plum, he added
enjoyed this distinctions that it grew here
before the politicians and that Father
Hennepin probably ate plum pudding with
the aborigines. Pc. -
Daniel Buck of Manl1ato displayed Il
pleasant familiarity with THE Mankato
Plum" The fruit so called. said he, was
first produced on a tree planted by Louis
J. Elder in Nicollet county, four miles
north of Mankato, thirty-siN years ago.
The variety was admirably adapted to
Minnesota's climate ...2 =. ~ NJ a
For Marketing the Plum" successfully,
said Martin Penning Of Sleepy Eye, it
should be shipped in clean, half-bushel
baskets protected by clean covers. The
fruit intended for sale should be honestly
and carefully selected.
Native Cherries.
Although native cherries are still TN
common in this state, w. S. Widmoyer OF
Dresbach told how they might be Guilt
waited profitably. They need, he said. a
very favorable location, black, sandy soil,
and a clay subsoil They should be
planted as early as possible and set from
four to six inches deeper than they grew
in the nursery. All but four or five OF
the side branches should be Topped off.
The soil about the trees should be well
cultivated until the trees begin to bear.
Before the buds open in the spring the
trees should be we'll sprinkled with Bor-
deaux mixture. The same mixture, to
which Paris green has been added In the
proportion Of one-quarter pound Of pow
der to fifty gallons of mixture, should be
used on the trees when the cherries are
one quarter to one-third grown. The best
varieties of cherries for Minnesota, in the
opinion of Mr.. Widmoyer, are the Early
Richmond, the Kentish Red, the WraSg,
the English Morello, the Homer and the
MOntmorency.
In his paper upon Lessons from Prun-
ing" Jonathan Freeman; of Austin i'm
pressed the point that no branch should be
cut without a reason for the cutting. Elk
cessive and indiscriminate pruning should
eb vigorously discouraged.
Care Of the Trunks Of Apple Trees"
according to A. .. Leach Of Excelsior, In
clude measures to protect the tree against
various enemies. Injury from IdUDllS anu
from ''sunscald' could be min1mized by
surrounding the trunk with protector
composed Of lath and wire. This armor
should be removed each September and
put back again in November. During DC
toloer the bark should be scraped. The
application afterwards Of a strong solu-
( ton of soap and water would give the
tree clear complexion. If & quarrelsome
tree got wounded" the wounds should be
poulticed at once with white lead and oil.
Mice would seldom eat UP an apple tree.
said Mr.. Leach. if the trunk were banked
with foot Of earth every fall.
Remedy for Bad Boys.
Juvenile readers in and about Excelsior
should note and remember Mr.. Leach's
remedy against boys. las for the bad
boy, oh. give. him what apples he can eat
and a few for his. pockets, and he'll be-
come your best friend
A paper by D. c.. Hazelton Of Nichols
upon 1.-The .Pollination Of the Martha
Crab" explained that a few bees upon
respectful terms with the family and on
a more sociable footing with the crat
apple trees will assist materially at pol
lination parties. :.
Most members didn't understand VIVA
Prof. N. e. Hansen of Brookings, S. D.
said about PLANT Breeding and Hybrid
ization at the International Conference,
but Prof. Hansen didn't expect to be un
derstood. He said that the conference
had been chiefly interested in a discussion
of "MendeIs laws and he explained, sc
far as the matter should be made clea
on the instant, that these laws. discovered
by an humble ecclesiastic In eastern Eu
rope are being accepted now as the great
est contribution, since the days Of Darwin
to the principles Of animal and vegetabl
heredity.. <''
Heavy mu1ching in the spring, said N
G. Radabaugh Of Minneapolis, would della,
the appearance Of apple blossoms a weel
or ten days and would thus protect then
against late frosts. .'-'
! The horticulturists finally adjourned thi
afternoon.