WISTARIA 



1987 



lent but are nowheie fruitful 

 escape destiuc 

 ui jst invariablj 



Horti ulturo i tnupht at the nsncultural college con- 



I ( t I 1 tl I rsitv ( f W iscousin at Madison. 



( ! I t 1 commertial culture of apples, 



1 and cranberries in the parts of 



W I tn thtse crops and m the neigh- 



t tl fiHs the growing of vegetables for 



luirket t in .1 tremuiuritne j s, Goff. 



sin ^\heu plante 1 (_i i I I 



southern ex^osuit lie 1 itei \ 

 neties are houses er Iml le to 1 

 I aught by frost unless the site 



The 



fiuits ; 



! soils 



\\l 



W inter pro 

 t 1 , tr Ih „ X I t ill but 

 tl in I t 11 1 „ 1 irrA but in 



this precaution is not absolutely 

 necessary. The strawberry and 

 raspberry are grown in excess of 

 liome demands, and many thousand 

 cases of these fruits are annually 

 shipped to other states. Black- 

 berries were largely destroyed by 



irtli' 



\Vi 



Huckle- 



\.-st -central 

 sliipped ill 

 ities of the 

 1 is one of 



stutcs. In parts of W< 

 and .Jun,-au counti.-s, and in less 

 degree in Waupaca and Green 

 counties, the cranberry plant was 

 native over verv large areas, and 

 l,rfoi-f thr s,.ttl.-mpiit of the coun- 

 try, till- hhliaiis iratliered the fruit 

 .•xt.-nsiv..|y ill l.raring years. Lat- 

 t.rly. th.. Willi iiiarsbes have been 

 largi'ly iinpn.vfcl by clearing and 

 providing flooding facilities. In 

 some seasons the total output of 

 cranberries from Wisconsin has 

 aggregated nearly 100,000 barrels. 

 Tlie varieties grown are mostly na 

 live, anil the r|ualitv and keeping 

 of the fruit are excellent. During 

 the years 181W and 189.5 the cran- 

 berry industry of Wisconsin suf- 

 fered a serious check by the de- 

 struction of many marshes by flre 

 during an exceptionally dry period. 

 But the business is rallying, and 



Map of V^isconsin. 



elude most of the region adapted to apple eultu 

 fairly well in the apple districts. 



WISTARIA (f'i 

 aiiatoiiiv in Tiiiv. 

 Wistaria is a slil.a 



II g free from the pea 

 L^rown in Kewaunee 

 ■Ljetable canning fac- 

 iii. peas, sweet corn 



■ I. Kitchen-garden- 

 than it should be. 



hand labor, and the 



names. The present 

 possible, out of deferi 

 generic name is Kra 



•less 





factory. For the 

 flowers 



, ITiil- Isl.s, jirofessor of 

 . I . Asa genus 



lih.irrsl 1 group. 



:,.; . .1- ol tins and allied 



lo a Ll-al. shaking up of 



III, is as cunservative as 

 ■a.le interests. The oldest 

 I'or a more radical point 

 of view see B.M. 7.'i22 ami I'.. H. J :l".i|. Beside those 

 mentioned below, there are tin-, e -ji. ,ies. hut tiny are 

 all of doubtful botanical si am-, i.\ - .mM pinnate ; Itr-^, 

 entire: racemes terniiiial ; e:il;,\\Mili ilie L' upper terili 

 short and subconnate: stamlan! laru^e; \\in;,^s oPIeng- 

 falcate, free from the keel, often coherent at the apex: 

 keel incurved, obtuse. 



Wistaria Chinetisis is one of the best and commonest 

 of hardy climbers. It has pale green, pinnate foliage and 



