The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-10-23

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catalogued for sale under the name "Un-
KNOWN but it Is not now offered under
any name. The variety Is SO promising
that nurserymen will grow a stock of 1t
In the future, without doubt, and apple
growers are advised to keep watch of it
when offered and plant at least enough
for testing purposes. There are many
good varieties Of fruit we'll known to old
growers which are better than some of
the new sorts on the market today, but
somehow they have been lost sight of in
the rush for new things. Some day some
progressive nurserymen will get a stock
Of these good old sorts and growers will
be glad to buy them.
Winter Vegetables Poor.
Much complaint is being heard regard
Ing the rotting Of potatoes after they have
been dug and stored. The tubers are Of
good size and without a blemish yet they
begin to rot quickly. often before they
can be shipped. Consumers complain that
the small quantities bought by them rot
before half Of them can be used. The wet
season during a vital period in the growth
IF the tuber Is, undoubtedly, responsible
for the rot and, unfortunately, there is no
remedy. With tomatoes the situation Is
serious IN that the crop for canning pur-
poses is small. One o the large factories
Of the country which annually cans many
tons Of tomatoes had hard work to get to-
gether a thousand crates to start the sea-
son with. The wet weather is RESPONSE
BILE for this trouble also. 1t is safe to as
sumo that growers Of tomatoes will find
It profitable to extend operations another
year. The demand will not be less this
winter because Of the shortage and can
aers will use up very close any surplus
stock they may have accumulated. Next
year they will gladly prepare for any 9TH
ar season Of shortage and while there
nay be no material increase in the prices
obtained by owe it will be a poor
crop that cannot be disposed Of readily.
Keeping Winter Apples.
AS a rule winter apples are picked too
early and, in u measure, this accounts for
The rapidity with which they rot. EXper-
enced growers make a practice of picking
over each tree several times; that is, they
will pick the fruit from the south side Of
the tree, where it ripens first, and go
around and through the trees in this way.
Such growers never think Of packing
Nindfalls In the same barrels with the
1and-picked fruit, a falling of the less
experienced rover. While 1t may be I'M
practicable for apple growers to have in
1ividual cold storage houses, the plan ad-
VCcateQ IN LIlS department. SOME IlIle dSO
IF a number Of large growers In a sec
lion combining the building storage
houses, will yet come about. In the mean
line there should be some plan of storage
devised whereby at least the best of the
crop can be cared for so that it may go
10 market at a time when it will bring
The best prices. What such plan will be
must depend largely upon the facilities
Of the grower. The main essentials in
storing apples are that the fruit be Kept
cool and dry. If one has a fruit cellar a
good plan Is to pack the apples in barrels
as soon after they are picked as posi-
Die, seeing that eacsa specimen is perfect
" dry, and after setting the barrels on
racks so that there will he as near per-
sect ventilation as possible, cover the top
with boards. The heads should not be
put In until the fruit Is prepared for ship
ment. 1t would be a good plan to try
several methods Of keeping apples this
winter.
Mulchins Strawberry Plants.
While it is early to speak Of mulching
The strawberry plantation the question Is
brought up at this time to warn growers
against the plan which Is being advocated
Of sowing some sort of grain between the
strawberry row to give the strawberry
plants winter protection. AS an old straw
berry grove the writer does not think
this a practical plan; indeed, 1t was tried
several years ago and abandoned for the
reason that it was felt the strawberry
plants We're injured by the grain taking
rom them the nourishment they needed.
Possibly had the soil been sufficiently
rich this would not have been noticed.
Where plants must be mulched, either as
a protection or to prevent the plants from
being heayed out of the ground in the
spring, it is safer to grow the mulch on
some other part OF the farm and apply 1t
TO the strawberry plantation at the proper
time which Is any time after the ground
freezes and before the spring thaws begin.
Bedrooms for Fowls.
While writer's in this department have
favored the scratching shed as a part OF
the equipment for the poultry plant, it is
recognized that any poultrymen do not
IKE this plan. The novice in poultry
raising should not gain the idea that be-
cause sub men as are reerred 10 do not
care for the shed that they house their
owls III an iudinerent manner. for such