482 WISCONSIN FRUIT-GROWERS’ ASSOCIATION. 
SUGGESTIONS TO WISCONSIN FRUIT GROWERS. 
BY PROF, J. P. KIRTLAND, M. D,, CLEVELAND MEDICAL COLLEGE. 
Pallas, in his Travels through the southern provinces of Rus¬ 
sia, in the years 1793 and 1794, informs his readers that in 
Moscow, “ in summer the most delicious species of cherries, 
apricots, peaches, pears and apples, nay, even ananas ( i pine¬ 
apples ) are commonly sold at a reasonable price.” He further 
adds that “ Horticulture has within these few years been brought 
to such perfection, that all kinds of vegetables are in super¬ 
abundance—all these improvements are chiefly the effects of 
indefatigable exertion.’’ 
Three important and interesting facts are furnished in these 
remarks : 
First. That such delicious fruits can be produced at all, so 
far north as the 55th or 56 parallel of latitude. 
Second. That they can be produced in superabundance, and 
purchased at a reasonable price. 
Third. That this has been accomplished by indefatigable 
exertion. 
A few years since, while investigating the Natural History 
of your State, due attention was paid to its capabilities for 
fruit-producing. Its soil and geological formations are favora¬ 
ble for a luxuriant growth of wood, with most kinds of fruit- 
trees, yet the severity and vicissitudes of its climate too fre¬ 
quently counteract this advantage. 
The location of your State, in relation to Lake Michigan, 
is unfortunate, so far as fruit-growing is concerned. The mit¬ 
igating influences of that deep and extensive body of water are 
distributed extensively over portions of Michigan and Indiana 
by the prevalent western and northern winds, while the State 
