CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-05-10
INTERESTING POINTS


By .. =. Rockafsiiow In Denver Timss-sun.
At tie State Historical convention,
November 2S, 1893, Captain y. F.
Rockafellow read an interesting
paper on the spple; the best way to
cultivate it to raise it to the highest
commercial value. He said:
The apple, the leading fruit and
luxury of the temperate climates,
the best regulator Of the liver, kidney
and digestive organs, deserves fore
most attention Of all people" Con-
finuning he said that, in the United
States Agricultural Colleges, start
has been made that may produce
pomologists entitled to degrees for
their proficiency that viii! rank with
ID. DIS and n. DIS in their benefac-
tions to mankind, for instance, D. P.
doctor Of pomology), or D. H. doc
tor Of Horticulture), Indicative too,
Of the recognition railroads are ex-
pected to some day accord to pro-
ducsrs.
"PomoloGy is a science that cannot
be mastered without the aid of text
books, and every amateur should own
the recent work Of Thomas or Barry
or Downing. II will not answer to
depend upon experience alone. As it
is often said, life is 10 short; and in
order to make . success Of it we must
use the experience Of others from
the early German authorities down to
Downing" Speaking Of varieties, the
Capt. called attention TO Eastern
quotations. 80 per cent, Of the lists
being only two yari;iss. the balance
being old favorites Of pronounced
favor. but many being light bearers,
it doss not pay to attempt to raise in
quantities.
He mentioned the Red Artrishan.
because Of its fine, erect growth. as
desirable tree 10 alternate in an or
chard with trsss Of small size like
|tNagask with -0nAti ti,Aas; thsu fsr ths
same reason use the Northern Spy
and Bellilower 70 alternate ia rows of
mose spreading growers like Willow
Twigs, Greetings. Huntsman. and
Pearmsins.
Referring to cultivation Mr.. Rock
afsllow said:
After having tanned the soil by
years Of thorough cultivation. trees
should without question have clean
cultivation, with occasional manuring
for seven or eight years, even If
hoed crop is raised between the rows;
many thiak that tho best way to in
sure clean cultivation. After this,
seeding to red clover and plowing
under the last crop Of the season of
the fourth year, then clean cultivation
and Hsnuring for two seasons before
reseeding to clover. During these
seasons my experience of tie last
year in blowing the early and latter
part Of winter proved that it disposed
Of st least one-third of the Goblin
moth
Commercial value, in the Captains
opinion, largely depends on the earned
reputation Of the pack, based on care
full hand picking. handling them as If
they were eggs, without brusing them
at all; and fancy pack made absolutely
free from worms or other defects, and
Of regulation size. He holds that
Colorado apples handled in this man
ner will keep, in cool, dark, we'll
ventilated cellars until May, while
fruit handled in a careless manner
will have disappeared before February,
cool storing being far ahead of cold
storage.
Colorado horticulturists can" he
said, "at this late day Of our Lord,
show that this last state to sally
forth in this noble pursuit shall be
the first in the pomological galaxy.
The bad packing Of the Eastern
so-callsd fancy apples. sent to Colo
RADIO this year. has shown Colorado
growers their opportunity. Let each
and every fruit growing Coloradoaa
profit ty the lesson and resolve that
~ in properly packing lies the Rrest-
sst commercial value. that we will
maintain the high reputation 80 far
gained and add new laurels year by
ysAr."
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