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South Dakota Horticulturist, February 1930, South Dakota State Horticultural Society

North and South Dakota Horticulture

Volume II, Number 2

The Box Elder in its Place and Out of Place, Anson L. Crawford, Brookings
Why Use Certified Nursery Stock, E.L. Chambers
National Flower and Garden Show, to be Held in Minneapolis, March 29-April 6
Extracts from the Diary of a Traveling Man, W.A. Simmons
Flower Shows Benefit Community, Mrs. J.C. Lepler, Watertown
Street Tree Planting as a Function of Park Department or Tree Planting Commissioner, W.E. Webb, Mitchell
Dahlia Growing in the Black Hills, L.S. Hamm, Rapid City
Garden Notes, F.X. Wallner, Sioux Falls
Beekeepers Should Prepare for the Coming Summer, C.B. Gooderham
Two Strains of …

South Dakota Horticulturist, January 1930, South Dakota State Horticultural Society

North and South Dakota Horticulture

Volume 2, Number 1

The Columbine, Mrs. M.W. Sheafe, Watertown, S.D.
Annual Meeting, January 8-9
Extracts From the Diary of a Traveling Man, W.A. Simmons
The Perennial Fruit and Vegetable Garden, Purley L. Keene, Brookings, S.D.
Hardy Roses, Mrs. Geo. W. Dixon, Watertown, S.D.
Beautiful Flower Garden Combinations, John P. DePagter, Yankton, S.D.
Garden Notes, F.X. Wallner, Sioux Falls, S.D.
Horticultural Specialties for 1930, Max Pfaender, Sioux Falls, S.D.
Preserving Apples With Sulphur Fumes
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Leaflet No 256 - Climbing Cut-Worm Or Tomato Moth (Chlorodea Obsoleta), L. J. Newman

Bulletins 1 - 2999

During the past spring caterpillars of various kinds have been unusually prevalent. In some instances they have been so numerous as to constitute a plague.

The caterpillar most in evidence was the larva of the Climbing Cut-worm or Tomato Moth.

Seed Potato Treatment Tests For Control Of Scab And Rhizoctonia, R. W. Goss, H. O. Werner

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

Potato scab annually takes a very large toll from the potato growers of Nebraska. Rhizoctonia causes considerable loss each year, particularly in the early-potato sections, where it decreases stand and yield. These losses are caused by infection from both the soil and the seed. The investigations reported in this paper deal only with the control of the infection arising from the seed. Even though potato seed treatments have been recommended for many years, the diversity of recommendations being made at present by various agencies is very confusing to the grower and research worker alike. Many of the reports from different …

South Dakota Horticulturist, December 1929, South Dakota State Horticultural Society

North and South Dakota Horticulture

Volume 1, Number 10

Flower Suggestions, Mrs. M.W. Sheafe, Watertown, South Dakota
Use of Paraffine Makes Grafting Easy, C.V. Porter, Menominee, Wisconsin
How to Make Clear Cider for Future Use
Extracts from the Diary of a Traveling Man, W.A. Simmons, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
The Perennial Fruit and Vegetable Garden, Purley L. Keene, Brookings, South Dakota
Annual Meeting to be Held in Watertown, January 8-9
More Trees, Frank D. Kriebs, Secretary of Agriculture, Pierre, South Dakota
Native Fruits and Ornamentals, W.D. Albright, Beaverlodge, Alberta
Methods of Wintering Bees in Manitoba, E. Braun, Morden, Manitoba
Garden Notes, F.X. Wallner, Sioux Falls, …

Effect Of Cultural Methods And Maturity Upon The Seed Value Of Eastern Nebraska Potatoes, H. O. Werner

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

Seed potatoes as good as northern stocks have been produced under a straw mulch in eastern Nebraska by experimenters and growers. Occasionally reports are heard that a lot of seed potatoes has been grown in eastern Nebraska by ordinary cultural methods for many years, apparently without loss of vigor or yielding capacity. In view of this situation it seemed advisable to investigate this problem to determine whether, and to what extent, environment and maturity as such influence the productivity of seed potatoes and also whether it is feasible to produce satisfactory seed potatoes in the southern and eastern portions of …

South Dakota Horticulturist, November 1929, South Dakota State Horticultural Society

North and South Dakota Horticulture

Volume 1, Number 9

Perennial Asters, Mrs. M.W. Sheafe, Watertown, South Dakota
Whitewash Young Trees, Clayton L. Long, Oregon State Agricultural College
Fruit for Exhibition
Extracts from the Diary of a Traveling Man, W.A. Simmons, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Hardy Manitoba Plants Brought Here for Study
Garden Notes, F.X. Wallner, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Peonies Give Happiness, Charles McCaffree, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Opportunities in Bee Club Work
Rock Gardens, Thomas W. Hobart, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Preparing Colonies of Bees for Winter
Mushrooms as Food
Perennial Flowers for State Parks, J.B. Taylor, Ipswich, South Dakota

South Dakota Horticulturist, October 1929, South Dakota State Horticultural Society

North and South Dakota Horticulture

Volume 1, Number 8

A Few Worthwhile Perennials -- Mrs. M.W. Sheafe, Watertown, South Dakota
State Park Possibilities of Northeastern South Dakota -- L.M. Meland, Sisseton, South Dakota
Extracts from the Diary of a Traveling Man -- W.A. Simmons, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
The Mediterranean Fruit Fly
From "Travel Observations" -- Chas. McCaffree, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Plant Names -- Mrs. M.W. Sheafe, Watertown, South Dakota
Preparing Colonies of Bees for Winter
Blanching Celery
Report on Cherry Setting -- R.H. Roberts, Wisconsin College of Agriculture
Rock Garden Plants for the Beginner
When Fruit Juice is not Fruit Juice

South Dakota Horticulturist, September 1929, South Dakota State Horticultural Society

North and South Dakota Horticulture

Volume 1, Number 7

Taking the Crop Without the Bees Knowledge, W.G. LeMaistre, Central Experiment Farm, Ottawa, Ont., Can.
The Sunshine State's Best Flower, Charles McCaffree, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Extracts from the Diary of a Traveling Man, W.A. Simmons, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Fall Planting in South Dakota, Max Pfaender, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
A Novices Experience in Fruit and Forest Tree Growing, Paul L. Werth. Frankfort, South Dakota
Diagnosis, Cause and Control of Bee Disease
Flower Show People Make Hot Springs Glad Town
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South Dakota Horticulturist, August 1929, South Dakota State Horticultural Society

North and South Dakota Horticulture

Volume, Number 6

Bees and Apple Pollination
Brookings Flower Show was Featured by a Splendid Display of Peonies
Extracts from the Diary of a Traveling Man, W.A. Simmons, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Barberries Good and Bad, John L. Richardson, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Full Sheets of Foundation and Why, W.G. LeMaistre, Central Experiment Farm, Ottawa, Ont.
Dahlias for Watertown, A.J. Albrook, Watertown, South Dakota
Coding Moth, South Dakota State Entomologist
Beresford's New Garden Club to have Flower Show, L.D. Martelle, Beresford, South Dakota
Notes, North Dakota News Letter
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South Dakota Horticulturist, July 1929, South Dakota State Horticultural Society

North and South Dakota Horticulture

Volume 1, Number 5

Four-H Garden Clubs for Boys and Girls -- H.N. Jones State Club Leader, Brookings S. Dak
The Oka Cherry -- Emil Pfaender, Yankton, S. Dak
Extracts from the Diary of a Traveling Man -- W.A. Simmons, Sioux Falls, S. Dak
A Hardy Flower Garden -- Mrs. M.W. Sheafe, Watertown, S. Dak
The Apple Maggot -- Entomology Department, South Dakota State College
Requeening Colonies and Why -- A.H.W. Birch, Apiarist Central Exp. Farm, Ottawa, Ont.
The Bee and Honey Situation
Barberries, Good and Bad -- John L. Richardson, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Installment Pruning -- Claude A. …

South Dakota Horticulturist, June 1929, South Dakota State Horticultural Society

North and South Dakota Horticulture

Volume 1, Number 4

Burlington Road in Tree Planting Work -- Deadwood Daily Pioneer-Times
The Peony -- Mrs. M.W. Sheafe, Watertown, S. Dak
Brookings Garden Club -- Purley L. Keene, Brookings, S. Dak
Extracts from the Diary of a Traveling Man -- W.A. Simmons, Sioux Falls, S. Dak
State Parks for South Dakota -- E.J. Waltner, Hurley, S. Dak
Evergreen Trees for Shelter and Ornaments -- H.N. Dybvig, Colton, S. Dak
Street Tree Planting -- E. Webb, Mitchell, S. Dak
The Iris, Our Hardiest Flower -- Thos. F. Stecher, Howard, S. Dak
Native Fence Posts -- Anson L. Crawford, Brookings, …

South Dakota Horticulturist, May 1929, South Dakota State Horticultural Society

North and South Dakota Horticulture

Volume 1, Number 3

Why Delay Planting -- Mrs. M.W. Sheafe, Watertown, S.D.
The Chinese Elm -- Max Pfaender, Sioux Falls, S.D.
Spraying Formulas for Apples, Plums and Sandcherries -- George Gilbertson, Brookings, S.D.
Extracts from the Diary of a Traveling Man -- W.A. Simmons, Sioux Falls, S.D.
Garden Clubs for South Dakota -- Charles McCaffree, Librarian, State Horticultural Society
Potatoes and Potato Growing -- Clifford J. Franzke, Brookings, S.D.
Seedage and Transplanting -- J.B. Wood, Brookings, S.D.
Hardy Perennial Flowers -- Mrs. M.W. Sheafe, Watertown, S.D.
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South Dakota Horticulturist, April 1929, South Dakota State Horticultural Society

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Volume 1. Number 2.

The Sugar Crab, Fine to Eat or Can, by John M. Downer, Freeman, S.D.
Landscaping for South Dakota, by Max Pfaender, Sioux Falls, S.D.
Hardy Apples for South Dakota, by John Robertson, Hot Springs, S.D.
New Red Silver Crab, by J.M. Bennet, Brookings S.D.
The Mendel Pear, by Max Pfaender, Sioux Falls, S.D.
Construction and Management of Hotbeds, by Purley L. Keene, Brookings, S.D.
History of the Aberdeen Beekeepers Association, by Mrs. Grover Lathrop, Aberdeen, S.D.
Simple Control for Crowngall and Root-Knot Found
membership Contest
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South Dakota Horticulturist, April 1929, South Dakota State Horticultural Society

North and South Dakota Horticulture

Volume 1, Number 2

The Sugar Crab, to East or Can, by John M. Downer, Freeman, S.D.
Landscaping for South Dakota, by Mac Pfaender, Sioux Falls, S.D.
Hardy Apples for South Dakota, by John Robertson, Hot Springs, S.D.
New Red Silver Crab, by J.M. Bennet, Brookings, S.D.
The Mendel Pear, by Max Pfaender, Sioux Falls, S.D.
Construction and Management of Hotbeds, by Purley L. Keene, Brookings, S.D.
History of the Aberdeen Beekeepers Association, by Mrs. Grover Lathrop, Aberdeen, S.D.
Simple Control for Crowngall and Root-Knot Found
Membership Contest
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South Dakota Horticulturist, March 1929, South Dakota State Horticultural Society

North and South Dakota Horticulture

Volume 1, Number 1

Foreword -- W.A. Simmons, Sioux Falls, S.D.
Dr. N.E. Hansen and His Inventions -- Chas. McCaffree, Sioux Falls, S.D.
The Lily ool a Garden Joy -- J.B. Taylor, Ipswich, S.D.
Largest Orchard Grows New Pears -- John Robertson, Hot Springs, S.D.
Garden Gleanings -- Mrs. M.W. Sheafe, Watertown, S.D.
The Rainbow Flower Fine for the Sunshine State -- Chas. McCaffree, Sioux Falls, S.D.
Apple Growing in Central South Dakota -- Oliver Marion, Ft. Pierre, S.D.
Honey Resources of South Dakota -- A.G. Pastian, Webster, S.D.
Desirable Good Things for South Dakota Gardens -- F.X. Wallner, Sioux …

South Dakota Horticulturist, March 1929, South Dakota State Horticultural Society

North and South Dakota Horticulture

Volume 1. Number 1.

Foreword - W.A. Simmons , Sioux Falls, S.D.
Dr. N. E. Hansen and His Inventions - Chas. McCaffee, Sioux Falls, S.D.
The Lily Pool of a Garden Joy - J.D. Taylor, Ipswich, S.D.
Largest Orchard Grows New Pears - John Robertson, Hot Springs, S.D.
Garden Gleanings - Mrs. W.M. Shaefe, Watertown, S.D.
The Rainbow Flower Fine for the Sunshine State - Chas McCaffree, Sioux Falls, S.D.
Apple Growing in Central South Dakota - Oliver Marion, Ft. Pierre, S.D.
Honey Resources of South Dakota - A.G. Pastian, Webster, S.D.
Desirable Good Things for South Dakota Gardens - …

The Frequency Of Somatic Mutation In Variegated Pericarp Of Maize, R. A. Emerson

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Some years ago (Emerson 1922) the writer announced that in F₂ of

certain crosses of variegated with colorless pericarp in maize the heterozygous

individuals changed to self color more frequently than did the homozygous

individuals of the same cultures. No “explanation” of this phenomenon

was then apparent, but later results, though still far from affording

an adequate solution of the problem, have furnished at least a working

hypothesis. The original unpublished paper, with minor modifications,

is given below, under the heading. “Somatic mutations in heterozygous

and in homozygous variegated pericarp.”

Spraying Tree Fruits, C. C. Wiggans, E. H. Hoppert

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Circulars

The production of sound, clean fruit is unquestionably one of the major problems facing the modern fruit grower. Culture may be neglected and pruning delayed for a time but the omission of sprays for even a single season demonstrates their absolute necessity. This applies equally to the commercial grower and to the farmer or gardener who has only a few trees.

The Spindle-Tuber Disease As A Factor In Seed Potato Production, H. O. Werner

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

The lines of experimentation that supplied the data herein reported, stated in very general terms, were as follows: (1) Tuber-line selection studies (2) Relation of environmental conditions to seed-potato production (3) Seed-potato strain trials of certified and uncertified stock (4) Spindle-tuber transmission experiments. Most of these general lines of experimentation will not be completely discussed as a unit in any one part of the bulletin. For the sake of clarity, consecutive thought, and elimination of repetition, data will be selected from any experiment for insertion and discussion under the most logical heading in any part of the bulletin. Unless otherwise …

Further Studies On The Effect Of Environment On Potato Degeneration Diseases, R. W. Goss, George L. Peltier

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

The identification of potato degeneration diseases in the field is extremely difficult owing to the number of diseases now described, their manifestation on different varieties, the combination of several diseases on the same plant, and the further splitting up of these combinations into separate diseases. The influence of environmental factors in intensifying or inhibiting the symptoms of these diseases also increases the difficulty of diagnosis. In the present investigation the effect of environmental factors has been studied with the purpose of determining the limiting factor or factors in the masking of the symptoms, in the hopes of simplifying a complex …

Control Of Flowering In Teosinte: Short-Day Treatment Brings Early Flowers, R. A. Emerson

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Attempts to force teosinte into flower in mid-summer, in order to facilitate hybridizing it with maize, have afforded considerable information concerning the flowering time of teosinte under diverse conditions. The possibility that some of this information may be of use to others suggests its publication. The paper is, therefore, to be considered as a help in the technique of teosinte and maize hybridization rather than a contribution ~to the solution of the physiological problems involved.

A Genetic View Of Sex Expression In The Flowering Plants, R. A. Emerson

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

It seems a conservative statement to say that studies

of the past twenty years among animal forms have

tended increasingly to link the phenomena of sex inheritance

with the behavior of chromosomes. To this

result, cytology and genetics have contributed perhaps

almost equally. The number of forms in which

one sex is known to have a morphologically different

chromosome complex from the other sex are many.

That, with respect to the chromosomes, the female of

certain forms produces gametes of a single kind,

whereas the male produces two kinds, and that in

turn an egg fertilized by one kind of …

Seed Potato Investigations, H. O. Werner, R. F. Howard

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

The objects of the investigations reported in this bulletin were:

• To determine the condition of western Nebraska seed stock by the tuber unit method and by comparative trials in western Nebraska and various other points.
• To determine the effect of culture, place, disease, etc., upon seed value.
• To perfect methods of applying results to seed production in western Nebraska.

Bulletin 106 - The Red-Legged Velvet Earth Mite, L. J. Newman

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This pest is sometimes called in error the "Red Spider" or the 'Earth Flea."

It is neither a spider nor a flea, being a species of mite.

It belongs to the family of mites known as the Eupodidae and to the Genus Notophallus. Many of the members of this family are predaceous, that is, they live upon other insects or animals, but the species we are dealing with appears to be wholly a plant feeder. A popular idea is that the mite lives and breeds in the earth. The rapidity with which newly planted vegetables become infested gives good excuse …

Pericarp Studies In Maize. I. The Inheritance Of Pericarp Colors, E. G. Anderson, R. A. Emerson

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Introduction ... 466

Nomenclature ... 467

Pigments present in colored pericarp ... 467

Factor relations of pericarp colors ... 468

Factor relations of red pericarp, P ... 468

Factor relations of cherry pericarp ... 471

Discussion and Summary ... 474

Literature Cited ... 475

Genetic Interrelations Of Two Andromonoecious Types Of Maize, Dwarf And Anther Ear, R. A. Emerson, Sterling H. Emerson

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Attention was called by Montgomery (1906)to the occasional appearance

of perfect flowers in the staminate inflorescence of maize and similar

cases were reported by Kempton (1913). Montgomery (1911) described

with illustrations a true-breeding type of semi-dwarf dent maize, the ears

of which were perfect-flowered. Perfect-flowered maize was described

and illustrated also by Blaringhem (1908, pp. 180-183). East and

Hayes (1911, pp. 13, 14) noted and illustrated a perfect-flowered sweet

corn. Weatherwax (1916, 1917) showed that typically pistillate

flowers of maize exhibit in microscopic sections the rudiments of stamens

and that staminate flowers show rudiments of pistils.

The Relative Frequency Of Crossing Over In Microspore And In Megaspore Development In Maize, R. A. Emerson, C. B. Hutchison

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

One of the early developments in the study of linkage in Drosophila was the discovery that the phenomenon of crossing over is confined to the female sex (Morgan 1912). The fact that no crossing over occurs in the male Drosophila holds true not only for sex-linked genes but for factors in the autosomes as well and is so well established that it affords a most convenient method of determining to which of the different linkage groups a new factor belongs.

The same phenomenon, but with the sexes reversed, obtains in the silkworm moth. Tanaka (1914, 1915) has found from back-cross …

Heritable Characters Of Maize: Ix. Crinkly Leaf, R. A. Emerson

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

In 1910 a strain of dent corn obtained at the National Corn Exposition held at Omaha was crossed with a strain of flint corn obtained from the Department of Agronomy of the University of Nebraska. The F₁ plants of this cross were normal and no abnormalities had been observed in the parent strains. But since the latter had not been subjected to self-pollination, there is no assurance that one or other of them did not have in it the character to be described here. In the F₂ generation of this cross there occurred a tpe of plant that …

Strawberries In Nebraska, C. C. Wiggans

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Circulars

The strawberry is probably the most important small fruit grown in Nebraska. It thrives well in all sections of the State where the moisture supply is not too limited, being found almost universally in home plantings. It is also produced commercially in certain favored localities but this acreage is limited.