THE IKRIGATIOX AGE. 



more to make fruit grow in these dry sections than any 

 other phase of cultivation. 



Thus by the addition of well rotted manure, or 

 the growing of cover crops until the ground is in good 

 condition, and carefully conserving the moisture that 

 falls, or can be secured, much fruit can be raised where 

 none has been raised in the past. 



Following closely upon the management and care 

 of these fruit plantations, we must select such varieties 

 of fruits as will mature before the very dry part of 

 the summer comes on, or such varieties as will stand 

 .an unusual amount of drouth. This then limits the 

 number of varieties of apples to a few winter kinds. 

 The Home Beauty apple and Wagner will stand more 

 neglect and produce fair sized fruit on dry land than 

 any other variety that we have thus far tested in our 

 large experiment station orchard. 



Varieties like the Winesap, the Yellow Newtown, 

 the Jonathan and the Spitzenberg, while they do re- 

 markablv well where the conditions are favorable, fail 

 almost absolutely if there is not sufficient water to sup- 

 nlv these later maturing fruits. 



Under no circumstances should they be used in the 

 dryer sections unless plenty of water can be supplied. 

 If a person desires an early maturing fruit, there is 

 nothing better nor hardier than the Yellow Newtowu, 

 or some of its close relatives. 



Other varieties of early maturing hardy fruit are 

 the Duchess of Oldenberg. and the Glass Green. The 

 Red June, the Early Strawberry and a number of 

 other apples of this class should not be planted where 

 there is not plenty of moisture, even though they are 

 arly 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 sections. In the case of peaches, nothing but the 

 smaller fruits, should be selected. One of the best early 

 and one of fhe hardiest peaches we have is the Alex- 

 ander, or its 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 will be surprised 

 at the way it grows is the Gibb apricot. While this is 

 not large, yet it is very hardy, even much hardier than 

 the common Russian apricot, and produces fairly large 

 crops of medium sized good fruit, even in the dryer 

 parts of the northwest. 



Pears, as a rule, are not adapted to the dry sec- 

 tions, even though very good culture may be given to 

 them. However, should one desire to have a few years, 

 even though the fruit is not large, the Early Bartlett 

 or the Seckel are recommended and possibly a few of 

 the White Doyenne. At the Pullman station we have 

 been surprised during the last year at the success that 

 certain growers were achieving with these varieties on 

 dry soils. 



Most varieties of sweet cherries will do well where 

 the winters are not too severe for them, if they receive 

 a reasonable amount of moisture during the early part 

 of the growing fruit season. It is a strange condition, 

 but yet a natural one, that where trees ripen their fruit 

 early in the season, as the sweet cherries do, a little or 

 practically no moisture need be supplied after the crop 

 is harvested until the fall or early winter rains begin. 



As hardy varieties of sweet cherries, I would name 



the Lambert, the Vilne 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 particular- 

 Iv the Olivet, the Early Richmond and the Wragg, will 

 succeed remarkably well in very severe and dry condi- 

 tions. 



Great difficulty will be experienced in attempting 

 to grow such small fruits as blackberries and late rasp- 

 berries, particularly where these varieties mature their 

 crop late in the summer. The difficulty will be that 

 the fruit dries up on the bush before it gets a chance 

 to fully mature. By carefully selecting early ripening 

 varieties of the red raspberry this difficulty can be 

 avoided. 



The Turners Red, the Cuthbert and the Philadel- 

 phia have given very satisfactory results on the very 

 drv soils. It will almost be useless to attempt to grow 

 the old fashioned blackberry, but the near relative of 

 if, the Lucretia dewberry, can be grown with a great 

 deal of success if reasonable care is given to it. 



Currants and gooseberries of the standard hardy 

 varieties will all do well if they are cultivated and the 

 grass and weeds kept out of them during the entire 

 season. However, these plants will not do even fairly 

 well if the weeds are permitted to choke them down 

 late in the season. The early varieties of strawberries, 

 such as Clark's Seedling, Warfield and Bederwood, will 

 give us the best results of the strawberry group. Late 

 maturing, late fruiting varietie.s should be eliminated 

 entirely. 



There are several plants that should be carefully 

 teseted by everybody who lives in these dry sections 

 where fruit is difficult to obtain, or it is impossible to 

 grow it. Among these plants I will call your attention 

 to the stubbleberry, commonly known as the Night 

 Shade berry. This is a member of the tomato or po- 

 tato family, which produces small, purple black berries 

 in clusters, and when carefully prepared makes excel- 

 lent sauce or pie material. 



Another plant that is closely related to this stubble- 

 berry is the old-fashioned ground cherry. This can be 

 grown with the minimum amount of moisture, and 

 makes an excellent substitute in many ways for fruits 

 and for many of the tender fruits which it is almost 

 impossible to grow. 



Another interesting plant is known as the garden 

 pomegranate, which is a close relative of the musk- 

 melon, but produces fruit about the size of a medium- 

 sized apple, and which, when cooked or prepared as 

 sauces, is an excellent fruit plant. 



These are plants that are perfectly hardy and will 

 grow in almost any section of the country where grass 

 or grain will grow, and should be used where it is im- 

 possible to grow the ordinary fruits. 



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