Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-03-13

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 aud 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 well
if given excellent care in the dry sec
tions. In the case or 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 it's 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 viii
/ 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
4 cot and produces fairly large crops
|
| the dryer parts of the northwest.
Pears, as a 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 rea-
sonable amount of moisture during the
early part of the growing fruit
season.
AS hardy varieties of sweet cherries,
2 I 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
S dry conditions.
, Great dimculty will be experienced
IN attempting to grow such small fruits
! as blackberries and late raspberries
, particularly where these varieties ma
4 ture their crop late in the summer
I The difficulty will be that the fruit
b dries up on the bush before it gets
a a chance to fully mature. By care
$ fully selecting early ripening varie
I ties of the red raspberry this difficulty
A can be avoided.
The Turner's Red, the Cuthbert and
the Philadelphia have given very sat
isfactory results on the very dry soils
v 1t will almost be useless to attempt tC
e grow the old-fashioned blackberry, but
Il the near relative of it, the Lucretis
e dewberry, can be grown with a great
Il deal of success if reasonable care ii
- given to it.
= Currants and gooseberries of tn,
20 I'd 1u ri will a AZ
IS well if they are cultivated and tn,
g grass and weeds kept out of them dur
'e ing the entire season. However, thes
Is plants will not do even fairly wei
if the weeds are permitted to chok
them down late in the season. TIL
early varieties of Strawberries, sue
e, as Clarks Seeding, Warfeld an
he Bederwood will give us the best re
is suits of the strawberry group. Lat
ID maturing, late fruiting varietie
y, should be eliminated entirely.
u There are several plants that shoul
e. be carefully tested by everybody VIII
d. lives in these dry sections where frui
n is difficult to obtain, or it is impo
Id sible to grow it. Among these plant
ed I win call your attention to the Stul
a bleberry, commonly known as tn
Night Shade berry. This is a men
Der of the tomato or potato famil
which produces small, purple blacl
berries in clusters, and when CAREFUL
prepared makes excellent sauce or p
el material.
Another plant that is closely relate
to this stubbleberry is the oil
90 fashioned ground cherry. This ca
u be grown with the minimum amount
Dr. moisture, and makes an excellent su
er, stitute in many ways for fruits al
lg- for many of the tender fruits whit
TN it is almost impossible to grow.
us Another interesting plant is know
IN as the Garden Pomegranate, which
ne a close relative of the muskmelon, b
Use produces fruit about the sic of
ed medium sized apple and which, wit
ice cooked or prepared as sauce, Is
by excellent fruit plant.
no These are plants that are perfect
ire hardy and will grow in almost al
ny section of the country where grass
us grain will grow, and should be us
'nt where it is impossible to grow t
ordinary fruits.