Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-07-25


that he has ever heard Of or seen
and calls it, the Jumbo. He has tried
every large berry that he has heard Of
and says that his prize will double in
size the Marshall berry which is sup.
posed to be the largest. Then there
are his currant bushes. They are
literally breaking down with their load
OF the finest berry that grows and he
has been obliged to prop the bushes
up. These bushes are three years
old. He has blue and a yellow plum
that he planted from seed. They are
three years old and are bearing. He
has also plum that is a cross be.
tween the native sand cherry and a
very hardy plum and the. crop is
heavy. His raspberries will be his
heaviest crop and a more luscious and
toothsome berry could not be found.
These bushes, as the currants, have
to be proped up to prevent their CIV
ing away under their load of fruit.
He has many varieties of respberries
as he also has Of currants and straw
berries. Several apple trees are bear.
ing nicely this year. This plat has
also suffered some from the fact of
the excessive rains having prevented
the keeping Of the place absolutely
free of weeds. Mr.. Millett also raises
celery and many other vegetables and
they are easily always the best as he
Is an experienced and scientific gard.
ener and makes 1t his sole business.
Experimental Farm-A visit to o. H.
Will & Co.'s experimental farm in the
bottoms south of the city is well
worth anyones time. They have
twelve acres under careful cultivation
where they raise all manner of seeds
to supply their immense business.
"The tract" said Mr.. Will, "is not in
as good condition now as we would
like to have nor as good as it was
this time last year in point of neat.
ness and freedom from weedy growth.
This Is due to the constant rains that
we have had that has made it impos.
sible to properly cultivate it." One
thing that takes the eye Is a patch of
about three-quarters of an acre #
beans which will yield at the rate of
forty bushels to the acre this year
and Mr.. Will said that as the bean
crops in the countries that are sup.
posed to raise that product are fail.
ure that beans are going to be worth
their weight in gold. His plat of
beans is beautiful to look at This
Is only one Of the many but the most
striking Of the vegetable growths.
Here is where he grows his prize
vegetables and gets great deal of his
seed for smaller vegetables. His tree
and shrub nursery Is also in this
tract and he has a larger variety of
the latter two than can be found, prob.
ably, in all the rest of the state com.
bined! A pretty sight Is some box
elder trees that were planted by seed
this spring and there are estimated to
be twelve hundred thousand of them
In the block while close by are some
three-year-olds that are so much larg.
er that one could scarcely believe that
there was such slight difference in
their ages. Then there are the
lindens with their pretty and fragrant
blossoms, the cotton woods, the will
lows and shrubs. Mr. Will has there
some Ural popular which are growing
nicely. He says that they are prob.
ably the only ones of the kind in the
state and the seed was brought from
the Ural mountains. He has several
trees and shrubs from the Russians
that are doing nicely and are demon.
stratdng that they will be the best for
this country. He also has a nice lot
Of fruit trees.
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