. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. NORTH DAKOTA NORTH DAKOTA aples giving per cent on the average, with i high as .30 per cent. General Climatic Co«i2it(0)is.âThe winters are cold but dry and agreeable. An occasional winter with too much sunshine kills young trees of the thin-barked va- rieties through the process of desiccation. The spri
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. NORTH DAKOTA NORTH DAKOTA aples giving per cent on the average, with i high as .30 per cent. General Climatic Co«i2it(0)is.âThe winters are cold but dry and agreeable. An occasional winter with too much sunshine kills young trees of the thin-barked va- rieties through the process of desiccation. The springs are short, the warm days of summer com- ing very soon after winter and some time before the frost is out of the ground. In summer the days are long and sunny, with nights invariably cool. This condition gives the most perfect development of io+' ,oj- , hardy vegetables, like the c:ib- bage and celery, but retards the cncnrbits .ind other spini tropii-nl "I At tl,.. tinuMl- <â â " â â ii-' 'â â 'â â - ^.,-,. beet ami -'o, . 1 â â â¢â nx L-nr ;, ^^â r^ high sugar .â The fall is usually dry and very pleasant, favorable to the maturing of woody plants, but rather liable to frosts. The ground freezes permanently about November 10. JiVuiV-i/roKiHjr. âGeneral set- tlement of what is now North Dakota did not begin till the building of the first railroad in 1873, and any effort to grow fruit has been made since that time. In 1874 Andrew McHench, of Fargo, made the first attempt at fruit-growing upon any ex- tended scale. In that year he bought, at a nursery in Minne- apolis, a car-load of young apple and crab trees of such varieties as the Wealthy. Hyslop, Trans- cenileiit. »â ?»â , :iii'l the size are the bur oak and white elm in the eastern part of the state, and Cottonwood and green ash in the western. The box elder, linden, aspen and hackberry are about the only other trees commonly found. The red cedar is found
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