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Book Title: Doane Robinson's Encyclopedia Of South Dakota

  Apple. As will be observed from the catalogue of ferns and flowering plants,
several members of the apple family are indigenous to the State. There has been
no extensive planting of apple orchards, although fair success has been secured
from such trees as have been planted and cultivated with care. There is an
annual production of about 250,000 bushels. The life of apple trees here seems
limited to about 25 years. In 1878 Mr. L. A. Alderman, of Hurley, planted a
quarter section of land near that place to apples, which soon came into bearing
and for about twenty years thereafter were very profitable. The success has been
chiefly with summer and autumn varieties. For some unexplained reason winter
varieties produce a crop that matures for autumn use. Conditions in the Black
Hills are more favorable than upon the prairies and there is some commercial
orcharding there to meet local demands.

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DOANE ROBINSON'S
Encyclopedia of South Dakota
FIRST EDITION

Published by the Author
PIERRE
1925

COPYRIGHT BY DOANE ROBINSON. 1925

WILL A. BEACH PRINTING COMPANY
PRINTERS AND BINDERS
SIOUX FALLS


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