The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1905-10-06
North Dakota Fruits.

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For evergreens, would advise
mainly the bull pine of the Black
Hills and the Jack pine from north
western Minnesota. These are per-
fectly hardy without protection Of
any kind. The northern red ceder
is hardy but slower i'm growth and
more subject to fungus troubles,
especially of "the cedar apple
In forest trees, plant mainly the
native, ash, elm, boxelder and other
desirable native trees found wild in
your vicinity. The cottonwood is
more for low waste land, but fail at
early age in closely planted groves
on upland, owing to their inability
to secure needed moisture.
AS for plums, would advise plant
ing the earliest varieties Of native
northwestern plums, and. these
should be budded or grated on
native plum roots. Own rooted
plum trees are desirable, but not
obtainable as a rule.
We do not conduct a commercial
nursery here, but send out only new
varieties originated here or i'm
ported from cold climates Of the
old world, especially Russia and
Siberia.
AS to apples, the weak point Of
apple orcharJing for the exposed
Northwest, is the tender Vermont
apple Seeding, or French crab seed
ling, upon which they are worked
in nurseries at present. In time,
trees on Siberian crab roots will be
obtainable, but such trees are very
lscarce as yet. q, Good trees, 'of the
hardest varie ieties, such as Wealthy.
Duches, Charlamoff, Patten Green
ing, with Wealthy as an indispen-
sable sort, although not as hardy
as some others, should be planted
and proper care given to the trees
by mulching with stable litter every
fall eight or ten feet out on all sides
of the trees, this much being Gull
tivated into the ground the follow
ing spring to preventive roots COM
ing too near the surface. Apples
and plums are the only orchard
fruits at present advisable where it
is not desired to experiment much.
One or two hundred plants Of the
native sand cheary will furnish ac-
ceptable sauce during August, and
should be planted about the same
as currants and gooseberries. four
by six feet apart. OF gooseberries
plant Houghton. OF currents, the
better varieties, such as Victoria,
Red Dutch, Pomona and White
Grape. OF strawberries, two rows
|sof War6eld to one Of Bederwood
as fertilizer, OF raspberries and
black kberries, none at present. At
the South Dakota experiment sta
tion, the writer is breeding up a
race Of hardy raspberries from wild
ones and has some good varieties
in propagation as preliminary re-
suit Of the work. All the. above
will furnish fruit until the work Of
breeding hardy fruit has been con-
Quoted a few years longer, when the
list will undoubtedly be changed
considerably.
Plant all Of these in the spring,
not in the fall. Straw berries and
evergreens should never be pro-
cured in the fall. a nursery that
attempts to sell either Of these for
fall delivery shows lack Of ccnsid-
Grafton fer their customers, Tie
trees and bushes may be obtained
in autumn and heeled. il, burying
in earth il well drained spot with
manure over the earth. '|
AS soon as the plums begin "a
ripen, look throug your native
thickets for trees bearing large fruit
[of good quality. Crafts s. buds may
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