The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-10-08
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rots and rutabaga all did very we'll;
In fact. never saw any better out In
the states. Parsley, onions, and celery
did not do very we'll | planted tur'
nips. potatoes and string beans, some
seed that | had, and they were extra
fine. In fact. the only stun that did
not do well we're onion, parsley and
celery.
f. N. Kreuz. Fairbanks, November
4. 1907--My place Is SO by 80 feet.
The soil was only six inches deep, so
| wheeled some soil from the road TO
a depth OF ~ feet. and had about three
In es OF wood ashes and -four inches
OF old horse manure mixed with Il and
tamped so the soil was raised III feet
above the ground | planted two
boxes with Wakefield cabbage. kept
them in the cabin, and transplanted
May 10. They did not grow much for
the first two weeks. big worm
was eating the leaves OF the stem. |
had TO keep transplanting them again
until finally had the worms destroyed.
II grew profusely In dark rich healthy
colors at all times. On June 10 Il COM
menced TO head up. Planted them rs
inches by three feet apart In rows.
On September 10. when cut from 10 to
IS heads weighed 10 pounds apiece.
all good solid food for cooking; the
smallest weighed seven pounds; 90
heads in all. II was the best | have
seen anywhere around town.
G. A. Fowler. Kuskokwim River,
Alaska, February 2. i907-I planted
the seed sent here by the experiment
station and can say that most OF II
turned out very successfully. in fact
all but peas; they were planted ON the
first OF June and came up In about Ave
days and grew nicely for three weeks
and then seemed 10 stop for nearly "A
month. They then took another very
thrifty start and grew luxuriantly for
the rest of the season, but did not pro-
duce anything at all, Potatoes. tur-
nips, radishes, cabbage. knle. rutabaga
and lettuce did Just as well as at any
| place I ever saw. All seeds were
planted In sandy loan or sedi.
mentary deposit Of the river.
w. II. Snyder. Council. Alaska. De
cember 8. 1906.-I have had garden
here for the last four years that has
| been success. Radishes. turnips,
beets, and all early vegetables do
well Had one hill OF potatoes that
yielded six pounds of nice potatoes.
! have blue grass growing; II does
well. We have fine soil. | think
- ha 81 4an an m
for hay.
Judge c. W. Thornton. Nome. Alas.
ka, November 10, 1907 hereby re.
port 10 you my success and partial
failures with plants. trees and seeds
received from your station: First. APP
pie trees; these, with currant and
| raspberry bushes, arrived In July.
They had evidently been on the way
for some time and did not appear Ia
be In the best OF condition. However.
they were carefully planted and given
attention and appeared to be doing
well up to the latter part OF August,
when we had several cold storms
which seemed 10 blight and wlther
them and from which they seemed
/ never 10 ItfbNtTs lu' Hhhi lIttLt WI
came about the first OF October. and
these trees and bushes seem now Ia
be dead. With vegetables ! have a
very different story TO tell. having had
wonderful success with some partlc
ularly radishes. lettuce, turnlps and
spinach In fact. beg 10 venture the
assertion that no better radishes and
turnlps can be grown any place In the
world than right here In Nome.
raised three crops Of radlshes ON one
patch OF ground and some OF the first
crop left In until the close OF the
season, attained growth OF nearly
two inches In diameter, and we're still
as crisp and tender as any radishes
ever ate Immediately adjoining ui
Henry Kuehne guarded and tended
one OF his earliest and largest turnipi
and at the close Of the season II meas
ured over 20 inches In Circumference,
and weighed little over four pounds
DO you think Keep II upl" is th'
heal advice Ia he given 10 n ballOonfst