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Show Applea of tha Northwest. An account uf how the great north, weat has been made to grow moat uf the winter applea for this country Is valuable In connection with the In-crease In-crease In plant values. Tho early farmers nf tho vast pi Ulrica could Hod no apple tree hardy enough for Ihe climate. They ap.-nt fori lines In n ir-sery ir-sery Hock, and In planting trees, wllh-out wllh-out succeaa. In 1 n:5 (ildcon M. Mitchell of Minnesota planted thirty varieties of apple trees and a bunhel of seed. In nine yearn he planted, all told, 8,miU trees. At the end of the tenth year he had left, after thn winter's cold, only onn tree, a small seedling crab. F'rom that, however, has come tho fine apple known In the market as the "Wealthy." a fruit from which Iho northwest now annually renin mllllona uf dollars. Iiurlng thene nine long years of planting and failure Mr. Mil. hells friends told him that me where In all that region would an an-pie an-pie ever grow, says Hue. -on. Ills success suc-cess wsa a triumph In which he niuat have experienced emotions similar to those of Culumhtia when. In l-in, ho lighted tho Inland of (luanahaul. |
