The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-03-12

fruit, there is nothing better nor
harder than the Yellow Newtown, or
some Of its close relatives.
Other varieties of early maturing
hardy fruit are the Duchess Of Old
enberg and the Glass Green. The Red
June, the Early Strawberry and a
number of other apples of this class
should not be planted where there is
not plenty of moisture, even though
they are early fruits, because they
cannot stand excessive drouth.
Besides apples, there are many other
varieties of fruits that will do we'll
II given excellent care in the dry Sec
lions. In the case OF peaches, nothing
but the smaller fruits should be Sc
lected. One of the best early and one
OF the hardest peaches we have is the
Alexander, or its mate, the Amsden
June. These two peaches, as tested
out at the station, are very valuable
for the dry situation, or if placed
where the conditions are unfavorable,
for general peach culture.
Another fruit that many people will
be surprised at the way it grows is
the Glib apricot. While this is not
large, yet it is very hardy, even much
harder than the common Russian april
cot and produces fairly large crops
of medium sized good fruit, even in
the dryer parts of the northwest.
Pears, as rule, are not adapted
to the dry sections, even though very
good culture may be given to them.
Most varieties Of sweet cherries will
do well where the winters are not too
severe for them, if they receive a rea-
sonable amount of moisture during the
early part of the growing fruit
season.
AS hardy varieties of sweet cherries,
1 would name the Lambert, the Wine
Sweet and the Hoskins. The Royal
Anne and Bing are not so well adapted
to these severe conditions as are the
first named varieties.
Almost any variety of sour cherry,
and particularly the Olivet, the Early
Richmond and the Wragg will succeed
remarkably well in very severe and
dry conditions.
Great diniculty will be experienced
IN attempting to grow such small fruits
as blackberries and late raspberries,
particularly where these varieties ma
ture their crop late in the summer.
The difficulty will be that the fruit
dries up on the bush before it gets
chance to fully mature. By care
fully selecting early ripening varie-
ties of the red raspberry this difficulty
can be avoided.
The Turner's Red, the Cuthbert and
the Philadelphia have given very sat-
isfactory results on the very dry soils.
1t. will almost be useless to attempt to
grow the old-fashioned blackberry, but
the near relative of it, the Lucretia
dewberry, can be grown with a great
deal of success if reasonable care is
given to it.
Currants and gooseberries of the
standard hardy varieties will all do
well if they are cultivated and the
grass and weeds kept out of them dur.
ing the entire season. However, these
plants will not do even fairly well
if the weeds are permitted to choke
them down late in the season. The
early varieties of strawberries, sucn
as Clarks Seeding, Warfeld and
Bederwood will give us the best re-
suits of the strawberry group. Late
maturing, late fruiting varieties
should be eliminated entirely.
There are several plants that should
be carefully tested by everybody who
lives in these dry sections where fruit
is difficult to obtain, or it is impos
sible to grow it. Among these plants
I will call your attention to the Stub
bleberry, commonly known as the
Night Shade berry. This is a mem
Der of the tomato or potato family
which produces small, purple black
berries in clusters, and when carefully
prepared makes excellent sauce or pie
material.
Another plant that is closely related
to this stubbleberry is the old
fashioned ground cherry. This car
be grown with the minimum amount OF
moisture, and makes an excellent sub
stitute in many ways for fruits anu
for many of the tender fruits which
it is almost impossible to grow.
Another interesting plant is known
as the Garden Pomegranate, which il
close relative of the muskmelon, but
produces fruit about the sic Of q
medium sized apple and which, when
cooked or prepared as sauce, Is an
excellent fruit plant.
These are plants that are perfectly
hardy and will grow in almost any
section of the country where grass OF
grain will grow, and should be used
where it is impossible to grow the
ordinary fruits.