. City of Minneapolis. A review of her growing industries and commercial development, historical and descriptive .. . cut flowers, and nearly every villagein the State of 500 inhabitants and upward hasone or more good deal of difficulty was experienced in introducing apples into the State, but now Afinnesotaproduces as fine apples as can be found anywhere, and the annual product reaches 200,000 bushels; anumber of varieties of cultivated plums and cherries are successfully cultivated, and currants, goose-berries, raspberries, blackberries and most other varieties of small fruit d
. City of Minneapolis. A review of her growing industries and commercial development, historical and descriptive .. . cut flowers, and nearly every villagein the State of 500 inhabitants and upward hasone or more good deal of difficulty was experienced in introducing apples into the State, but now Afinnesotaproduces as fine apples as can be found anywhere, and the annual product reaches 200,000 bushels; anumber of varieties of cultivated plums and cherries are successfully cultivated, and currants, goose-berries, raspberries, blackberries and most other varieties of small fruit do as well in Minnesota as any-where else. The fact is, most of these are found growing wild in nearly all parts of the State, and areequally large and well-flavored with the cultivated fruits. Grapes are found growing wild in all parts ofthe State, and several cultivated varieties have been successfully introduced. Bee-culture is a flourishing industry, having begun with the capture and domestication of the wildbees native to the State by the early settlers. The abundance of wild flowers and of culitvated bloom-. CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. 51 ing plants alilbrds the bees ample resources to draw from, and the long winters induce them to lay upgreater stores of sweets. Moreover, the blooming plants of this country, being of quick growth, do notacquire those strong, pungent qualities of flowers of slower growth, and the flavor of honey made fromthem is of corresponding delicacy. STOCK-RAISING IN MINNESOTA. Stock-growing offers great inducements to the Minnesota farmer, and more are going into it everyyear, as there is no branch of agricultural industry for which the State is better adapted. It is amistake to suppose that either the length or severity of the winters are objectionable in this greater degree of cold leads to the animals being clothed with thicker coatings of hair, Natureherself making this additional provision for their protection; and as intervals of chilling
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