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Plums Cheney, Wolf, Hanska, Opata. Raspberries 

 Sunbeam, King, Turner. Currants Victoria, Red 

 Dutch, White Grape. Gooseberries Houghton, Indus- 

 try, Carrie. Strawberries Dunlap, Bederwood, War- 

 field, Jessie. Grapes Beta. 



For altitudes below 4,500 feet. Apples, summer and 

 fall Transparent, Duchess, Tetofsky, Charlamoff; 

 late fall and winter Wealthy, Wolf River, North- 

 western Greening, Windsor, Fameuse, Mclntosh, 

 Banana, Jonathan. Crabs Transcendent, Whitney, 

 Bailey. Pears Douglas, Idaho, Flemish. Cherries 

 Morello, Richmond, Suda, Etopa, Compass. Plums 

 Wolf, Cheney, Burbank, DeSoto, Sapa, Opata, Hanska. 

 Raspberries King, Turner, Herbert, Ranere. Cur- 

 rants Victoria, Red Dutch, White Grape, Champion. 

 Gooseberries Houghton, Industry, Carrie. Straw- 

 berries Dunlap, Bederwood, Warfield, Gandy. Grapes 

 Beta, Concord (with protection). Dewberries 

 Lucretia (with protection). 



The state maintains an experimental fruit farm at 

 Lander. The altitude there is about 5,500 feet, 

 about midway between the lowest and the highest points 

 at which fruit-growing is attempted. 



The number of plantings at that farm is 2,420 trees, 

 distributed as follows: Apples, 160 varieties, of which 

 forty-eight have fruited; crabs, twenty varieties, all of 

 which have fruited; pears, fourteen varieties, five of 

 which have fruited; plums, twenty-four varieties, six- 

 teen of which have fruited; cherries, fifteen varieties, 

 five of which have fruited; prunes, two varieties, one of 

 which has fruited; apricots, two varieties, one of which 

 has fruited. 



Based upon the results thus far attained, the follow- 

 ing list of apples is a suggestion from which planters 

 may select, the arrangement being in the order of hardi- 

 ness or adaptability to Wyoming conditions: Summer 

 varieties Transparent, Charlamoff, Linfield, Duchess, 

 Whitney No. 20, Enormous, Utter, Astrachan, Oka- 

 bena, Hutchins, Hibernal, Patten Greening and 

 Grundy; winter varieties Wealthy, Peter, Gideon, 

 Fameuse, Mclntosh, Northwestern Greening, Pewau- 

 kee, Scott, Windsor, York, McMahon, Wolf, Gano. 



Trucking is developing satisfactorily in the vicinity 

 of several of the larger towns and cities. Everything, 

 however, is for the home market exclusively, no ship- 

 ments being made out of the state. Most of the vege- 

 tables grown are delivered fresh and direct to the con- 

 sumer from the producer's wagon. The principal items 

 are lettuce, radishes, peas, beans, beets, carrots, pars- 

 nips, turnips, cabbage, cauliflower and, in fact, all of 

 the usual hardy vegetables. 



Public-service agencies for horticulture. 



The schools for higher education are all located at 

 Laramie. These include the State University, with its 

 several schools and departments, the State Normal 

 School, the Agricultural College, the University Exten- 

 sion Department, and the State Experiment Station. 

 The University was opened in 1887 and the Agricul- 

 tural College was an integral part of it from the begin- 

 ning, but the work in agriculture was scarcely organized 

 till 1891, when the Experiment Station was established. 

 Since that time, courses in horticulture have been 

 offered in connection with the work in other depart- 

 ments. At present, the Experimental Fruit Farm at 

 Lander is cooperating closely with College and Station. 

 Only a few horticultural bulletins have been issued, 

 and these are now out of print. 



The chief agency for promoting horticultural work 

 in the state is the State Board of Horticulture, organ- 

 ized in 1905. The work of the Board of Horticulture 

 may be divided into two categories: (1) the enforce- 

 ment of quarantine regulations and the inspection of 

 nursery stock and orchards; (2) the promotion of horti- 

 cultural development along all lines by the dissemina- 

 tion of information that will help to safeguard the 



industry, and of literature calculated to encourage the 

 growers. Since the primary object has been to encour- 

 age production for home consumption along safe lines, 

 the problems connected with packing and marketing 

 are yet to be considered. The publications of the Board 

 are appearing in two series, the biennial reports, of 

 which five have been issued, and special bulletins. 



A- State Horticultural Society was organized in 1907. 

 The Society maintains a horticultural department in 

 the "Wyoming Farm Bulletin," a monthly journal 

 issued by the Experiment Station. 



Statistics (Thirteenth Census). 



The approximate land area of Wyoming in 1910 was 

 62,460,160 acres. The land in farms was 13.7 per cent 

 of the land area, or 8,543,010 acres. Of this land in 

 farms, the improved land numbered 1,256,160 acres; 

 the woodland, 252,152 acres; and other unimproved 

 land in farms, 7,034,698 acres. The total number of 

 farms in 1910 was 10,987, and the average number of 

 acres to the farm was 777.6. [The total area of the state 

 is 97,914 square miles.] 



The leading agricultural crops of Wyoming are hay 

 and forage, and cereals. Hay and forage increased in 

 acreage from 380,769, in 1899, to 585,386 in 1909, when 

 the production was valued at $6,077,354, or 60.6 per 

 cent of the total value of all crops. Cereals increased in 

 acreage from 50,528, in 1899, to 186,947 in 1909, when 

 the production was valued at $2,744,502, or 27.4 per 

 cent of the total value of all crops. The value of the 

 forest products of the farms hi 1909 was $104,259, 

 and in 1899, $14,700. 



Horticultural crops grown in Wyoming are fruits and 

 nuts, small-fruits, potatoes and other vegetables, and 

 flowers and plants and nursery products. The value of 

 the fruits and nuts produced in 1909 was $39,806, as 

 compared with $1,470 in 1899. Small-fruits increased 

 in acreage from 37, in 1899, to 106 in 1909, when the 

 production was 96,883 quarts, valued at $13,984. The 

 total acreage of potatoes and other vegetables in 1909 

 was 11,266, and their value $856,639. Excluding pota- 

 toes, the other vegetables increased in acreage from 

 1,431, in 1899, to 2,933 in 1909, when the production was 

 valued at $332,120. Flowers and plants and nursery 

 products decreased in acreage from 7, in 1899, to 6 in 

 1909, when the products were valued at $13,960. 



The total quantity of orchard-fruits produced in 

 1909 was 18,586 bushels, valued at $39,774. Apples 

 contributed about 96 per cent of the quantity, the 

 production of apples in 1909 being 17,836 bushels, 

 valued at $37,580. Apple trees of bearing age in 1910 

 numbered 27,773; those not of bearing age, 84,024. 

 Plum and prune trees of bearing age in 1910 numbered 

 4,564; those not of bearing age, 7,475. The production 

 of plums and prunes in 1909 was 659 bushels, valued at 

 $1,842. Cherry trees of bearing age in 1910 numbered 

 919; those not of bearing age, 4,025. The production of 

 cherries in 1909 was 68 bushels, valued at $251. The 

 value of peaches and nectarines, pears, and apricots 

 produced in 1909 was $30, $65, and $6, respectively. 



Grapes are of practically no importance, the pro- 

 duction in 1909 being only 159 pounds, valued at $32. 

 The vines of bearing age in 1910 numbered 74; those 

 not of bearing age, 1,147. The production of nuts is a 

 negligible quantity. 



The most important of the small-fruits grown in 

 Wyoming in 1909 were currants, the acreage increas- 

 ing from 8, in 1899, to 41 in 1909, when the production 

 was 38,833 quarts, valued at $4,378. Strawberries 

 increased in acreage from 19, in 1899, to 24 in 1909, 

 when the production was 20,895 quarts, valued at 

 $3,820. The production of blackberries and dewberries 

 was 149 quarts, valued at $29; that of raspberries and 

 loganberries 15,213 quarts, valued at $2,910; and that 

 of gooseberries 21,513 quarts, valued at $2,819. 



Potatoes, the most important of the vegetables, 



