The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-07-04
NORTH DAKOTA FRUITS.
Every Farmer May Grow ar
Abundance if SO Desired,
currants May Be Started From Cut
, s'"0s and Gooseberries Multiplied
! BY Laying Down Llmhs-tSow
to Start Strawberries,

(By PROF. THOMAS SHAW. Aericultur.
II Expert. Great Northern and North
ern Pacific RAilroads)
Beyond all question, every farmer
and every householder in North Da.
kota may grow an abundance Of small
fruits for his own home II he will but
DO So But what are the facts? II
would be safe to say that not one per.
son in twenty pays any attention to
this subject. This Is all the more sur.
prising since but little large fruit Is
grown within the state. nor are the
large fruits likely to be grown in
large quantity for several years to
come. Within two years, anyone
owning land may have enough Of
small fruit to supply The needs Of his
own home.
!; Currants, red, white or black, may
be started from cuttings any year.
Gooseberries may be multiplied by
laying down limbs and weigh
ing them. by placing small
stones over the portion Of the limb
that has been buried in the soil.
When these are planted in rich land
1t proper distance and kept clsan.
they should bear every year.
Strawberries may be grown In the
following manner: Make tho ground
clean and rich the previous season.
Potatoes do we'll to precede strawber-
f1es. The plot should be long rather
than broad. especially when horse cul-
ovation is to be used. The grower
should then draw line say 3 feet
nom one side. Single plants should
be put In from to feet along the
OF the row. Then a second line Is
drawn parallel, and or feet dis
tant. The plants are put in similarly
in this row. In this way all the plot
is planted.
When the plants are purchased. on
ly good strong plants should be
bought and of the previous years
growth. 1t is important that the plant
shall be good and strong. They should
b. planted as soon as growth begins,
but not sooner. The ground should
be kept clean with the cultivator and
hoe until the end Of the season. II
the plants throw up blossom stems
they should be plucked off, When the
plants are thus managed there will
be a matted row Of plants from the
runners which have run out In all d.
rections from the plants and taken
root. This row will be about 3 to 4
feet wide, one-half on each side Of the
row first planted.
When the ground begins to freeze
the whole area should be covered with
good clean coarse straw, as wheat
straw, to tho depth Of not less than 6
inches. In the spring this straw
should not be raked OF too soon, lest
the plants should bloom So early that
they might be nipped by the frost
When the growth has begun, rake CT
the straw by drawing it into the bare
spaces between the rows. but leave
couple of inches over the rows to hold
moisture to prevent the growth of
weeds and to keep the berries clean.
"A plot, say go by 100 feet, should fur
nish more berries than one family can
use. The Senator Dunlap and the
Bederwood are among the best kinds
70 grow. #.,. H'.@
Red raspberries may be planted on
land similarly prepared. The rows
may have, say 6 feet between them
and the plants may have 3 feet be,
tween them in the line of the row
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