, 1907-09-23
NURSERIES
IN WYOMING
INTERESTING NOTES OF A VISIT
To SOME OF THEM BY sEcRE-
TARY OF STATE BOARD.
DR.. Aven Nelson Writes Entertaining.
ly Of a Trip to Some Of the Comino
Nurseries of the State and the
Possibility of Furnishing Trees for
the Residents.
BY DR., Ayen Nelson.

Inat the growing OF frult is becom'
ing more general in Wyoming is known
to many, but there are few that are
aware that some nursery stock also is
cussessfully produced. Were it pos.
sible to make people understand the
real conditions, it would be only a
few years before a considerable part
of the fruit trees and shrubs would be
home grown. Without in any way dis
paraging outside grown stock, it must
appeal to many as at least probable
that acclimated stock may have some
advantages. Not least among such
advantages are the following: In
transplanting, the stock does not need
to be out of the. ground but a short
time.
Will Seek Local Trade.
AT least SO long as The nurseries are
young and small, they will naturally
seek only the local trade. There need
not, therefore, be any question as to
the condition of the trees. They may
be dug one day and set out the same
day or the next. The large nurseries
in distant states are, by the very mag,
nitude of their business, forced to dig
and store most of the stock for the
spring shipments. If these shipments
happen to be several weeks OF the
way, as is often the case, much of the
stock is dead long before it reaches
the purchaser. A second advantage
is that the purchaser may often make
his W selection, thus the more readily
avoiding badly formed, diseased or in
fected trees.
Some Other Considerations.
1t is not to be understood, however.
that the foregoing advantages are al
ways to govern, for one must not for,
get that the general thrift of the tree,
its pedigree, it's reliability to name
and its adaptability to our conditions
must also have consideration. Our
home growers will pay attention to all
these things just SO soon as enough
interest develops in horticulture to
justify this systematic study and de
velopment.
Some Nurseries Inspected.
On the tou of inspection just com
pleted, the following establishments
were visited. Among the market gar
dens of Wyoming, there are few more
interesting than that of Mr.. Hugo
Koch of Lander. He has, for a number
of years, been growing with remark
able success a large number of garden
fruits and vegetables. He is not real
ly doing a nursery business, but in
some of the small fruits he supplies
to his %neighbors excellent stock. Rasp-
berries, ~gooseberries, currants and
the like he propagates very successful
ly from his own most desirable and
prolific plants.
An Ideal Surrounding.
The next place visited was that u
Mr.. Edwrad Farthing near Lapder.
Here one finds a comfortable home,
surrounded by lawns n by flowers
and %shrubbery in profusion. A con:
siderable orchard, some of it in bear
ing, shows in a practical way what
may be lone in his locality. His nurs-
cry is a small one and may well he
called his experimental grounds. Thou
sands of young ree have been devel-
oped but during their development,
he has shown rather eonclusively what
varities are sufficiently hardy for tho
conditions Of that part Of the s.
He now has stock of much value ready
for the market.
Tomatoes and Watermelons.
A place of more than local fame is
that of Mr.. j. B. Gaylor, near Thermop,
oils. This inland town has been sup
piled with hign-quality fruit and veg
etables for several years. On the warm
bottom lands of the Big Horn river
are grown delicious tomatoes and wa
termelons, not to mention The comnlo
vegetables. He has recently started
some nursery stock, and there Is rea
son to believe that the same energy
and thought which has made a success
of his other work will produce like he
suits in the nursery business.
The States Best Fruit.
On the east side Of the Shoshone