FRUIT — TIMBER. 63^ 



cents. 1 convert most of my corn into pork and beef. I use 

 nearly exclusively the prairie grass for pasture. 



FRUIT. 



Apples do -well here ; that is, some kinds, such as Ben 

 Davis, Winesap, Dominie, Willow Twig, Red June, Early 

 Harvest, and Red Astrachan. All these have done well with 

 me, and I think there are still a few other kinds that will 

 thrive here. Peaches do very well here, both the budded and 

 seedlings. I think seedlings are the hardiest. It has not been 

 cold enough here for the past ten years to kill all the peach 

 buds. 



Some cherries do very well. There are four kinds, the 

 Early Richmond, Late Richmond, Late Kent, and Morello, 

 that produce well. I have raised this fruit nine years, and 

 never missed a crop. The cherries are worth fifteen cents per 

 quart. 



Plums average well. Indeed, this climate appears to be 

 the natural home of the plum. Pears do not yield very well 

 with me, neither do apricots nor quinces. 



SMALL FRUIT. 



Blackberries prove profitable. Wilson's Early does well. 

 I have not failed to raise a crop for the last three years. 

 Gooseberries are. adapted to the climate, bearing every year. 



Raspberries of every kind do well, as does the grape ; 

 that is, the Concord thrives remarkably. Strawberries yield 

 well. 



TIMBER. 



The great objection urged against this country is that it 

 is prairie. We can have timber if we Avill plant trees. I 

 planted cottonwood sprouts about one and a half feet high six 

 years ago. I now have trees forty feet high, four to five 

 inches at the base. I planted them in rows four feet apart 

 each way. This Winter I cut out one row and left one. I 

 have planted box elders, soft maple, black walnut, ash, coffee 

 nut, evergreens, balsam firs, red cedar, Scotch pine, Norway 

 spruce, and white pine. 



