^VlSCONyIN 



The ]>e;K'll ami apricot 



AVisrnli^iii tXCrlit a fl i ■ l' 



trees are frequnitly ;rr< 

 attain eensideral'li- size 



arr II, it fruit fill in tiiiv ),;irt of 

 nim^iltilly linlil winters, 'i'lip 

 VII ill uarilcii^, and >,,nii-tinirs 

 lint they freeze hiieli nii.re i.r 



Tlerl ienltnre is fan 

 eete.l with till' Tiiix' 

 <M,eiiin;;-s an- 



WISTAltIA 



,'lit al llir :i- 



1987 



•ss m tlie aver:\i;'(.' \viiiier. Tncs uf xh^.■ apriroT imports. I 

 from Kussia lia\ r hrm fr.M|iu'iitly plaiitiMl in WisL-oiisin, 



'whuix- fniitful. 1-. 



L-.V(Ml 



by way uf rxpfi'lnimr, \<\iX ai 



it" The rii..\vc.-r-lui.l 



Tioii. the fruir aliihist imai-ialily 



falh s.H.ii at'trr scrrinu-. 



The Lrrapr. wiih winter ^irntt^c- 

 ticii, is MU-ia-^s fully -Twwn thnui-h- 

 uut. M-mthtTU anil t-a-^u-rn \Vi^(■(tn- 

 siu when ph.\iiTr<l un li^ht s<iil. \vitli 

 southern expi'snrc. The hitcr va- 

 rietit'•^ are, hu\\r\ t-r. liahK" I1.1 he 

 oauLrht hy frust, unk-ss tht- site i-^ 

 chosen with spi rial care. 



The small fiaiits are p-own with 

 markeil sueees-;, t.ii faviirahlf soils, 

 thniu.Lrhont ^yis(.•onsin. Winter pro- 

 tertiun is generally f,'iven to all but 

 the rnrrant and gooseberry, but in 

 the southern and eastern counties 

 this precaution is not alisolutely 

 necessary. The strawherry aud 

 raspberry are irrown in excess of 

 liome demands, and many thousand 

 cases of these fruits are annuallv 

 shipped to other states. Black- 

 berries were larirely destroyed bv 

 the severe freeze uf IMIP. lluckie- 

 I.ierries and bluelierries are exten- 

 sively gathered from wild plants 

 in certain parts of "west -central 

 Wisconsin, and are ship]>ed in 

 hirge quantities to cities of the 

 northwest. Wisennsin is one of 

 the chief cranberi-y producing 

 states. In parts of Wood. Adams 

 and Juneau coimtii'S, aud in less 

 degree in Waupaca and Oreen 

 counties, the cranherry plant was 

 native over very large areas, and 

 before the settlement of the coun- 

 try, the Indians gathered the fruit 

 extensively in b.^arincr vears. Lat- 

 terly, the wild Kiar-hes have lieen 

 largely" improved by clearing and 

 proviiling floi'dinu: facilities. In 

 some seasons the total output of 

 cranberries from Wisconsin has 

 aggregated nearly 100,000 barrels. 

 The varieties irrowu are mr.--tly na 

 rive, and the fjiiality and keeping 

 of the fruir are excellent. During 

 the years 1804 and 1895 the cran- 

 berry industry of Wisconsin suf- 

 fered a serious check by the de- 

 struction of many marshes py fire 

 during an exceptionally dry period. 

 But the business is rallying, and 

 may, in a few years, recover its 

 former magnitude. 



Market - trardeniri: is carried on 

 in the neiirhborliMod of cities and 



towns to a sufhcient extent to supply local demands, 

 except in the extreme northern part of the state. 

 The ordinary garilen crops of the teniporate zone are 

 all successful. 3IeIons are grown rather extensively 

 for shipment in a few hicalilies. Peas ai-e expensively 

 grown for seed, f'.r market ;ind for canning in Kewaun<'e 

 ami DoMi- eiHintie^. tliis siciion being free from the j^ea 

 weevil. Lentils are considerably grown in Kewaunee 

 and :\Ianitowoc '-ounties. S^'Vi^ral vei^ctalde cannini: fae- 

 tories are in oin-ratiMn in Wisconsin. iM'as. swe(d corn 

 and tomatoes beini: <diieflv (MntMimed. Kitrhen-gnr<b'U- 

 ing is less practir-ed in AA'ivri»isin than it should be. 

 The farmers generally em|.!My little hand labor, and the 

 hot summers render city gardening more or less nnsatis- 

 factorv. For the same* reason the private growing of 

 tiowers receives less attention than in the eastern 

 states. 



'■herries, native jOums an 

 ^^ isi'onsin bi*s1 su Iterl to J 1 

 borliood of m.riliern rHios 

 niarket is at pres.Tit renmi 



e aLrn'-uM oral c0ile;;e con- 



■ Wiscoiisjii, at Madis(Mi. 

 iiiercial i-ullure of apples, 

 ■ranberries in the parts of 

 e croits. and in the neigh- 



■ m'owiiig of vegetables for 

 ^"^^""- L. S. noFF. 



The shaded area. 



2743. Map of Wisconsin. 



E'dnde nio.^t of tlie rpt;inn adapted lo ;ip7_ile ■ 

 fairly well iu tlic ;i]iple distrii-1s. 



WISTARIA (<"'aspar Wistar. 1701-bS18. professor of 

 anatomy in Uni\'. (d' Pa.). Ltijinu iiinsn . As a genus 

 A"\'istaria is a small and iniperfeci Iv undi'rstood grouji. 

 A i-omiilete stmly (»f the pnds and seeds of this and allied 

 L'-enei-a will eventually result in a gi-eat sliakin:j: up of 

 names. The ]"'ri'sent treatment is as c<inservati\ i- as 



l.osslble. out of deferenee to tj-a(h- iutei'ests. The oldest 



L;-eneric riaiiie is Kiiiii iiliia . l^'or a nioi-e radical ]niint 

 of \iew see PL i\L 75:22 and B.B. 2:2!i-L hieside those 

 menli(.ned below, there are three species, but they are 

 all of doubtful botanical status. Lvs. odd-)iinnate :' IFi s. 

 entire: raceines terrninal: <'alyx \^itli tlie 2 ujij^er leeth 

 short and sub-'onnate; standard lai-ge; ^vings oblong- 

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

 keel incurved, obtuse. 



]Vi-:hi.riri Cli'niriisl>< is one of the best and commonest 

 of hardy climber-^. It has p;ile green, pinnate foliage aud 



