New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-23
man Elliot of Minneapolis, took all
seedlings of apples to Boston and put

man Elliot of Minneapolis, took all
seedlings of apples to Boston and put
them on exhibition before the Ameri-
can Pathological Society, then in ses-
sion. They took the Wilder medal,
the highest premium on Seeding ap-
pies. over all the states in the Union.
This is evidence enough to show that
Minnesota is getting up to the front as
an apple state by raising new seedlings
adapted to Minnesota climate. II the
farmers would try and plant some Of
these, hardy seedlings, ..grafted on
hardy roots, and then take good care
of them they could raise fine apples
and in good quantity. ...-... -.
I will say that plums are my hobby
and am more interested in plums than
other fruit. twenty-five years ago we
had no safe varieties to plant in Min
nesota: we had to be contented with
the wild plums from the river bottoms
and they were good, and plenty to be
had at that time. The first plum trees
that I planted in Minnesota were Min
ner and Wild Goose. The Wild Goose
went to the brush pile after the second
winter. The MINER was somewhat
harder: it bore plums for few years
and then it also gave up the ghost
The first species that stood Minnesota
winters were the De Soto and Weaver
and they are still in the orchard with
us today. The De Soto is a wild plum
from Wisconsin and the Weaver ;
wild plum from Iowa.
At the present date the plum list il
the west contains over 200 varieties
Some Of them are fine and valuabl
plums.
In order to make my paper short
can truthfully say that [ have in m
orchard and bearing, sixty-eight va
rieties, many of which are large an
fine in quality and are productive an
hardy. | also have several new kind
y
plums among them when they start
: to bear.
: This is what nature has done for |
: in Minnesota the last twenty-five yeah
, with the assistance of the live hort
culturist and more good varieties al
l added to the list from year to yea
: Some OF the newer kinds arefine plum
, and are superior to the foreign plu
in quality. Will give the names Of
c number Of the newer varieties that al
e the largest, best in quality, produC
y iveness and hardness and any ma
a that will plant them will have the be
in the market at the present time.
: The best for general planting ar
= Surprise, Brittlewood, Wyant, Sto
n dard, LOttie and Nellie, and Blanch
q These six are the best in my list o
q of sixty-eight varieties. [ think tire
!. of the newer kinds are scarce yet b
W will be in the market in a year or tw
: Something of Importance in plantil
apple and plum trees on the open al
IF windy prairies is to plant them
$ high and dry land, from ten to fife
r inches deeper than they stood in
10 nursery. This has been tried and de
"a onstrated by many of the older me
I'd bers. and found to be the safest a
Is best for planting fruit trees. De
II planting is good for tender roots,
is drought and for the strong wind.
Of q fruit tree is planted deep it will
Id on it's own roots in few years.
-, Before L close this paper [ wish
say a few words to lovers of fruit
- those who have no apple and pl
/ trees planted [ will say: Plant a t
Id trees of the best kind every year a
% you will not feel it in your poe
book and in five to six years have
the apples and plums for your fami
Apples and plums can be raised
easy as corn. | will say to those
terested in raising fruit: Join
Minnesota State Horticultural sOci
and read the annual report, cOnta
. ing papers on all kinds of fruit,
- best varieties and the way of planti
and taking care OF the same. All
information costs a man only one c
lar per year.
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