1992 



WYOMING 



last decade the sentiment of the people in regard to 

 cultivating the soil has changed in a marked degree. 

 They are turning their attention to a better agriculture 

 and the production of horticultural crops, both (or 

 profit and for greater home comfort. 



The state will not reach great commercial importance 

 through her horticultural products, but the people are 

 beginning to appreciate the value of the home-garden 

 and some are raising hardy apples, cherries, grapes, 

 small fruits and vegetables to supply local markets. 

 At the present rate of increase the production of fruits 

 for home consumption will soon be of great importance. 



The agricultural land lies along the watercourses, 

 and naturally the first areas to be brought under culti- 

 vation were the bottom-lands along the smaller streams 

 where the canals iiiivssiiry ti. liring water to the soil 

 could be easily :iiHi chraiily constructed. The bench 

 areas, or uplands, h.ixr luiiir ilniinage both for water 

 and air, and are nn.rr likily ti. lie free from injurious 

 late and early frosts, than the lowlands near the 

 streams. With the extension of agriculture to the 

 higher bench lands horticultural plants can be raised 

 with more success. The modifying influence of wind- 

 breaks makes it possible to grow fruit-; in n w:iv tlint 



was not dreamed of when th. nniiv v.i- lii-i -iiilid. 



Many early plantings of fniii ir^- i ii i -^ nf 



drying winds or late frosts. ;iim1 m i ■• Im- 



cause the plants were drown, il In - t iuiLMiiiiL- tlie 

 lowlands where tii'st :it:.ni|.t^ w . ri ni.Hlr. 



Because of tlir v:n\inL' r liiii.n^. the kinds and 



varieties of frnit-- wlii.h ■■.in !..■ su.'cessfully pro- 

 duced vary in din. r. m |::irt- ..f tin- state. The high 

 plateaus are I'li.ii i.ii ■ i ' fr.ist every mouth in 

 the year except i ,1 i^ -nix such crops can be 



grown as will -.1 . : . .1' frost in the spring 



mouths. In thr , . vn up to .T.nno feet 



altitude, such t. n^ ' ' •>- t.iin^.toc-^, melons, 



sweet potatoes ml :• ■ - i- ■ n - --^rully 



raised. Where 1 1 '■'■' '- -.i-. .i ih.> alti- 

 tude, plants gv.. ' i| !■: '. "I 'I. 'I II': in a 

 short time and d.. n.ii -.■.m i-. i..' -.. s..ri.iii-,l\ aiVccted 



by light frost as they do where the season of growth is 



111 il." ' ; iii.ns of the state which are below 6,000 

 ti . 1 s.e map) many varieties of apples, 



M.'i> ' 'I I; .> .Mountain dwarf cherries and plums 



(vail. 11.- If. .Ill riKiius Amerii-nna) are fruiting, and 

 har.luT km.ls an- Mi.-rr-i.fnl at nin.-l. bidi.T altitn.l,-s 

 in protected locatn.n-. 'I'li.' \V..altii> appl,. has I., .m, 



successfully fruited ..|i tli.' Lal-al.n.- I'Lun- al an alli- 

 tude of 7,400 feet. 'I'l..- Irnils \r.,.\ .■ I..,. I, I,,., si Mi.aass 

 fully raised in Fri.ni..iii . >li. i-i.lan, .\atruiia and Lara- 

 mie couiiti.-. .1.1. h ii - r....lii.'. all the varieties of 

 smallfruiis. , n 1 1. 1- altitude. 



Above T.iH'i II I I . iiiali fruits that succeed 

 well are cni 1 .mi -, -1 1 aw 1.. ni. s, ,1,. wherries and goose- 

 berries, named in the order of their apparent liardim-ss. 

 Because there is not sufttcient snowfall to covir tin- 

 ground and keep it covered during the winter, it is 

 necessary to give winter protection to raspl.trrics. 

 blackberries and grapes by laying down and covering 

 with earth to prevent their parts above ground drying 

 out and dying in the dormant season. Under unfavor- 

 able conditions such treatment becomes necessary with 

 strnwberries and gooseberries. 



finiir irriiratiun the kinds of fruit suitable to the 

 .-litnat.- [.n.dn.a targe crops. Years of failure are rare, 

 an. I win 11 tli. y .1.. come are traceable to sudden unsea- 

 snnabl,. .-liani^t's of temperature, such as late spring 

 frosts or early fall storms before the plants are mature 

 and ready for winter. The first trees were set out in 

 Wyoming between 1882 and 1885. Planting began in 

 earnest in 1892, and every year there is good increase 

 in the area devoted to fruits. 



Following is a list of apples which have fruited in the 

 state, arranged as nearly as possible in the order of 

 their apparent hardiness and present abundance : 

 .S7«»(/nc(f — Wealthy, Oldenburg, Antonovka, Gideon, 

 Fameuse, Wolf, Tetofsky, Ben Davis, Transparent, 

 Pewaukec. Pippin, froh,? — Siberian, Montreal, Whit- 

 ney, Martha, Van Wyck, Soulard, Transcendent. 



B. C. BUFFCTI. 



