Report Of The Alaska Agricultural Experiment Stations PDF Download

Excerpt from Annual Report of Alaska Agricultural Experiment Stations for 1906 The plans outlined in former reports have been followed. That is to say, the work at this station has been along horticultural lines. Sitka Station is the main station only in the sense that it is the head quarters from which the work of the other stations is directed. Grain growing isno longer attempted here. Our experiments have proved that the coast region is not well adapted to the grow ing of grain. It will mature in most seasons, but the months of Au gust, September, and October are usually so wet that as a rule it is almost impossible to save the crop. This fact is sufficient to deter farmers from attempting to grow. Grain except as a forage crop; but aside from this there is in the coast region but little land adapted to the cultivation of grain. The mimerons small valleys, coves, and pockets do, however, afford splendid locations for gardens. Our efforts are devoted, therefore, chiefly to the things that are likely to succeed in the region represented by this station, namely, vege tables, berry fruits, and probably some varieties of tree fruits. Perhaps the most important feature of the work has been the propagating, cultivating, and distributing of nursery stock. There are growing a few trees of each of some thirty varieties of apples, with a View to studying their behavior. For this purpose there have been selected the hardiest varieties known, which at the same time mature their fruit early. Only early maturing sorts will sue oecd. Varieties which are summer apples in the States will be fall apples in Alaska, and those which are fall apples in the States will not mature at all in Alaska. The summer heat is not great enough. In the coast region the season between frosts is long - longer, indeed, by at least two months than in the northern tier of States. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.