Little Falls herald., 1909-09-10
Large, Juicy and Fine
Tasting Fruit Produced
in Morrison

MOII4sOu county IS also SeCCln8 TO Do
a great apple-growing country as
we'll, not to talk of other fruit Of the
more hardy species which IS grown to
considerable extent by a number of
farmers of this county.
Friday and Saturday of last week
several apple fanclers brought in
samples to this Office of the apples
grown on their respective farms, and
also gave the Herald some information
of the extent to which they were rails
ing these and other fruit.
August Blomqulst of Darling was
first to bring sample of the apples
grown on his premises, and they
certainly looked fine The following
day John H. Hantier and A. E. Ander-
son were here with samples of the
apples grown on their farms in Swan
River, and Otto A. Skoog, also Of
Swan River. left number of samples
of those grown on his fam, at the
Merchants State bank.
One variety of apples brought IN by
John Hanfler called the Oakabena is
an especially good eating apple, being
sound and sweet One of these
measured 13 12 inches in circum-
ference, and presented very healthy
complexion, being rosy and causing
ones mouth to water. He has ten to
twelve trees, which he planted two
years ago, and this is the first year of
their bearing. Mr.. Hanfler has an
orchard of 200 trees, which include
fine Wealthies, which will be ripe this
week, Dutches, Universities, SO trees
OF crab-apples of three different
varieties, especially good and not too
acrid; cooking apple which is about
the SIZE of the regular crabs, trees
having been planted two years ago
and this being their first yield. Be-
sides these Mr.. Hanfler has on hi 8
oakland Stock farm, Is plum trees
which bear fruit as large, juicy and
sweet as those shipped from the south,
and which will be ripe In few dc, Us
IL cherry trees, ell grated to p lum
trees, second year of their bearing,
ana they are better and more of them
this year than last. These also are of
good quality and compare very
fav9rably with those shipped from the
south. Mr.. Hanfier will exhibit some
OF his apples, crabs and other fruit at
the coming street fair.
Otto A. Skoog, who has an orchard
of about 200 trees, will also exhibit
some of his fruit at the street fair.
His trees are ten to twelve years old
and bearing fine species of apples and
crabs. He also has good grapes.
These are not very thick this year,
however.
A. E. Anderson, while having a
smaller orchard, having only 30 trees,
has as nice and largeBalwin apples and
other varieties as grown anywhere.
He has fifteen different varieties and
crabs, all doing very fine. OFF of a
six-year- old Baldwin tree he picked
barrel OF apples. On another tree
bearing cooking apples, he found a
branch about foot long bearing 10
good sized and sound apples. Mr..
Anderson states that when the apples
are picked before they are exactly ripe
they will keep until Christmas. Other
fruit which he raises, all OF which Is
on the open prairie with practically no
wind protection. IS doing nicely. He
has five vines of grapes which will be
ripe in about a week. two of these
being Concords and three vines of
red grapes. They are plentious and
as sweet ana large as those sold at the
local grocery and confectionery stores.
Reports from the Pedley orchard,
east of the city, are that q fine lot OF
apples, crabs and other fruit has been
grown there this year, and that al
ready several bushels of them have
been sold from it.