Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-10-17
WISCONSIN GROWS
SUPERIOR FRUIT
Orchard of Great Northern
Nursery Has Superior
Apples.
ADVANCEMENT BEING MADE
Every Effort Being Put
Forth to Improve the
Varieties.
ADVANCEMENT BEING MADE

Those who visited the Sauk county
fair and saw the wonderful display of
fruit are convinced that we are liv-
ing in one of the greatest fruit sec-4
ton of the country.
While Wisconsin is ranked as one
of the best fruit producing states, one
never realizes the marvellous prog
ress we are making until personal
visit was made to the ,Horticultu raj
department of the Sauk county fair.
Being curious to become better ac-
quainted with this extensive indus
try, the writer visited the Great
Northern Nursery. While there we
found much to interest one who is
seeking knowledge along this line. In
our tour of inspection we saw all
kinds of ornamental trees and shrub
berry as well as fruit trees. We also
enjoyed looking at the many thou
sands of young healthy fruit trees
that are being grown tor the patrons
of the Great Northern Nursery COM
pany, but what appealed to us more
was the large orchard of bearing trees
comprising more than thirty-eight
different varieties that are adapted to
this climate.
The president of the company in
formed us that they grow the many
different varie ties in the orchard foE
scions. Each variety is first grown
and tested; and after the trees come
into bearing, if they prove hardy and
the apples of good quality, scions are
carefully selected from the bearing
trees and grated during the winter,
and prepared to be set in the nursery
row for the raising of young trees.
While in the orchard of the Great
Northern Nursery company our at
tention was called to large number
of young apple trees grown from
scions taken from a famous Seeding
which is grown on their farm and
which can be traced back as far as
fifty years. The parent tree is sound
and hardy, is an annual and heavy
bearer and the apples are of a fine
flavor and good quality. The great
merit of this Seeding is that the
scions taken from the parent tree,
grated and set in the nursery row,
are free from blight of any kind; and
the wood and buds ripen long before
any of the other varieties planted in
the same soil and given the same care
and cultivation.
Another point in favor of this seed
ling is the large thick, o leathery leaf.
which is fully twice as large as that of
any other variety of apple tree grow
ing in the nursery. The president
of the company believes that this
will become one of the greatest
seedlings ever propagated in the west.
It was Gle al to us after seeingI the
healthy condition of these trees.
brought about by thorough cultivation.
spraying and pruning, why it was
possible to grow such large and per-
feet apples as the Great Northern
Nursery company exhibited at the
fair, and we are convinced that, if the
proper precautions are taken, as per-
feet apples and as healthy trees can
be grown in Wisconsin as in the west
| where land is sold for over $4,000 per
acre for the growing of fruits trees;
and not only that, but apples far
superior In flavor can be produced for
the Wisconsin apple can not be ex-
ceIled in that respect
1t isa pleasure to know that the
great state of Wisconsin is putting
forth its best efforts in advancing the
interests of horticulture; and it now
has many acres of apple trees through
out the state, known as experimental
orchards.