The Delta independent., 1897-12-10

9DrTog 1SDEPESDENT:-Atfir first glance
yoar many readers will be very likely to
e1d1aim Rather q bold aud rough
e4Bed heading for Western Slope writ
- % dare to use."
But after acareful reading. and man
y and honest presentation Of published
fases as they now rest upon the desk
hoopre the writer, he believes the reader
= nine cases out OF ten will proclaim it
Doohing but justice. and claim no true
fklsnd OF horticulture need or should be
aaAamed to make against the several in
seoeutions named.
Uov then for the charges and facts
asa here they are for all tho world to
nd.
4he U. S. Department Of Agriculture
at Washington is now sending out by
tAoossnds to all states OF the Union q
hnek Of forty pages named Catalogue
q Fruits" to instruct people officially and
e1netly in what states each fruit they
aa0e will grow.
he book is gotten up by the Ameri-
- Pomological Society and is new
gbed edition for the present year Of
NJ
contains map in which they divide
limited States into fifteen fruit pro-
40u1ng districts, where fruits OF this or
III variety as named in the several
- will or will not grow.
r their map district number twelve is
- the states of Colorado. Utah and
Nosada with the northern portions OF
Aslnpua. New Mexico and Texas az found
- Of latitude IS degrees.
hen following this map from head Of
= to margin of page Is is . con
spIDs1 eAat can b grown in he UK1ysd
State
In esne Of their districts they say that
aImose every one Of the 80 varieties OF
apple uill grow well or very we'll - in.
dicatsa in the columns Of districts by =
for vs1l o. for very we'll.
Nou for Misrepresentation first on the
part q the American Pomolog,cal So
ciety against the fair fame and we'll
provso fruit record Of Colorado-and
especially Of Delta county where We all
know that the apple finds its finest soil
and gsandest climate in which to bear
abundantly and reach perfection un-
Limited.
II that book be true statistics. alas for
COLORADO apple growers. for surely they
are in the rear o all choice apple grow.
ing. Only % varieties out OF all that
elaborate list Of 80 choice varieties
knowa 10 the learned Pathological So
ciety. - common. hardy, winter region
apple can Be grown here. Can any
readee Il this article knowing half as
much q Colorado orchards as our young
est scAool boy knows Of far on cold and
gold Alaska, believe or swallow such .
mes q gros stupidity and unjust and
untruthful information.
Tho facts are that more than 100
varistiss Of apples are now being grown
in Dsata county alone, and more than
800 varieties in the state.
Bet lot US look up their record on
othee fruits and see il any more truth or
exactnsss looms up.
In their list Of L. varieties OF apricots
they warn us against all but three
Bred. Early and Moorpark. The writer
know Il over % successful varieties
hers.
In cAerrics they quote q varieties. but
couilae Colorado to May Duke. Early
RicAnoud. wragg. Belle de Choicy. Black
Eagls and Windsor. This is about equal
to their sdvice on apricots.
In their table OF six varieties Of nectar
ines - are not given any. What think
our ans fruit growers Of that dash OF
wisaou from the wise men Of the East!
Bat here comes the clincher Of all their
falas calculations and misstatements OF
what Colorado should do on planting the
psasA.
TAsy give . list oe 14s varieties Of
psasAss. but leave the whole long col
uuna blank for Colorado-yes. positively
cosar white blank. No peach At all. II
thev esn Be believed. will grow in Colo
rsaA Utah o. Nevada. Strange. very
sts1aQs isdesd. that Grand Junction
poQsD nsvse hiovsd thsir "rsach Day
Hen" away down ss Washington.
ssst cu0ss their pe@e on psars. 100
vaslsejss. In which they condsscend 10
0soae - . Fsasooabae chance togrow the
01lADA. Wiatss Nsllis. Oshand, Lucrstivs.
o. Hsyvs asd sDos BartlsttA TAs
wsoo1R now 10 growiag In hi own o.
cens1 nsse Delta. ovss - diasesst varis-