The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-10-19
HOPEFUL HARRY.

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HOPEFUL HARRY.
Extols the West Branch Creamery. Tells
Us the Sort of Apples to Plant, Etc.
Those who have visited the West
Branch creamery and have noticed the
neatness of the whole interior of the
building and the neat manner in which
all the work is done are not surprised
that Mr.. Lindall received third pre-
MUM at the recent state fair, and,
when we consider the large number of
competitors at the fair, we think Mr..
Lindall has reason to feel proud of
his success as buttermaker. Under
his supervision the West Branch
creamery is destined to make sue
cess, and farmers who patronize the
institution are showing signs of i'm
provement since the creamery started.
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All the sneak thieves do not live in
Princeton. There is a gang of them in
Milo that have shown their depravity
by going about the town stealing APP
pies, plums and melons, and Old Man
Smith says that he will raise differ
ent kind of melon next year, the kind
that when eaten will produce very
disagreeable kind of sickness. It is
reported that charge of shot was
sent these thieves one night, but in
the darkness it failed to reach them.
We were very much pleased with the
exhibit of apples at our last county
fair. It was the best exhibit that the
county has ever had, and the fact is
not demonstrated that all the apples
needed for home consumption can be
raised in the county. All that is
needed is interest enough among
farmers to go into fruit raising. But
no man will ever make success in
raising apples from trees that are
taken from eastern nurseries. In or
der to succeed in raising apples the
trees must be obtained from nurseries
near home and of varieties that we
know are hardy, prolific and good
favored. The varieties that are war
ranted to fill the above bill are, for
standard apples for home use, the
Duchess, Wealthy, Okabena, Jewels
Winter, Northwest Greening, Patton's
Greening and Hibernal. There are a
few other varieties that it might be
safe to try, but the above are su6f-
cient. If we we're setting out an Or
chard we would try few trees of the
University apple. 1t is also we'll to
set out a few crab apples, but never
on any account set out Hyslop or
Transcendant, not even if the trees
are received as a gift. They will
prove a failure. They blight so
badly that it is time and money
wasted to plant them. The Shields
Lyman's Prolific and Virginia are
two varieties that are warranted as
hardy, prolific and free from blight.
But, as we said before, the frst-men-
toned species are sufficient to start in
on. Too much cannot be said against
buying apple trees of agents repre-
senting eastern or southern nurseries.
1t will be like setting out the Tran
scendant crab-a sure failure in this
latitude. Much has been said on this
subject, but it has a very little effect
on the minds of the people. Why?
Because, as Barnum said, "the Amer
lean people like to be humbugged. !"
There are plenty of nurseries in Min
nesota that are reliable that have a
large variety of apple trees that are
hardy and better adapted to the hard
winters of Minnesota than any trees
from the east or south. Just have
the courage to say "no' to all agents
that represent nurseries outside of
your own state, --~