Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-12

and it we expect a good crop OF
the Fellenberg prune we must
plant trees of other varieties for
the purpose of cross-fertilization
or cross-pollenation. During the
drying process the italian shrinks
4, while the French shrinks but 55
per cent in weight. From all
these circumstances combined we
draw the conclusion that the
French prunes are the best and
may be cultivated to the best f.
nancial results for the grower.
The French prnnes are also the
sweetest containing about 80 per
cent solid sugar. The name,
French prune includes: st. Cath
rine, Agen Datte, California,
D'Agew, Lot d 'Ente, Mont Bar
but d'Ente, Petite dAgew, Prune
FAgew, Prnne d'Ast, Prune
d'Brignole, Prune du Roi, Puy-
merol dEnte, Robe de Sergent,
St Maurin and Imperial Epin-
euse n new promising variety re-
Gently introduced from France.
or course there are other kinds
of prunes worthy of their name
such rs the Goes Golden Drop,
(Silver prune) the Refine Claude,
and the German, although the
German has never yet been n pop
ular prune for drying OIL account
of its peculiar flavor, which most
people dislike. The German
prune has the reputation of being
n poor seller as cured product,
and is most apt to be left ON the
hands Of the retailers.
We said to begin with that
prune culture was rather new
industry for this valley, but from
what we have seen it is very prom
Using MS the trees produce good
crops each year and the Arkansas
valley prune is Of a high quality.
The last two seasons have proved
this, and our steam evaporated
prunes of '97 and '98 are distribu-
ted throughout several states.
Wherever they go they are highly
spoken of, as, for instance, when a
prospector from Chicago took
a package of them home, he rep
resented them to wholesale gro
Gerry in that city as worthless
article, as prunes that had been
rejected, the dealer testing their
quality, said, "What, are these
prunes rejected? If you have any
quantity Of them bring them here
and I will give you more the mar
ket price for them" Our friend
having accomplished his purpose,
said, "Well to be sure they are not
rejected, but I liked to hear your
opinion of a new Colorado prod
net. These prunes were grown by
b. U. Dye, Rocky Ford. Colo"
We could quote several similar
testimonies, but we will leave it to
the readers of the Enterprise to
secure package for themselves,
so that they may know the quality
Of the homegrown prunes by tast-
ing which is more convincing than
reading.
And now few words to the
growers. The greatest mistake
prevailing throughout the prune
growing states is to not allow space
enough between the trees. The
oldest growers on the coast prefer
to have the trees % feet apart.
Most of the orchards including our
own are too closely planted, this
being done from an economical
view to begin with, which seems
to change to noneconomical in
the end.
Tf you plant trees for the pur-
pose of selling fruit in the green
state, plant any good variety, plum
or prune, but if you plant an Or
chard for the purpose of curing
prunes then the French means
money in your pocket. "The
French" Remember the name
when you buy again.
RALPH ENGsTRoM.
The February number of the
Delineator is called the Midwinter
number and presents a variety of
illustrations and Descriptions of