Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1901-04-19

horticultural Observations
We have heard about the benefits OF
Eeeplns poultry in plum orchards. but
.h6 practice should not be too much
relied on. otheE means must be used
to hold in check the insects. Certain
~ u the fowls are 10 be depended on
10 any eStont for this work they must
he assisted by having the trees shaken
Tor them. Even then the birds have
TO be educated 10 pick up the insects.
and u u man shakes Gown the euEcu-
Hos without having FIRST given the
chicks E!UPe. instruction he may be
disappointed in seeing the insects re-
main on the gEound untouched. Al
meeting Ot the Ohio Horticultural So
eIety. Professor Green said: Il know a
SEea, many think that the mere pres
cHeG OF chickens In the plum orchard
may save the pluns. but do='t know
how they can set the cuFeulio unless
they climb the trees, and they won't
do that You have got to teach the
chickens TO plck up tho curcullo. BY
throwing llIile grain around hrst.
and when you shake the trees they
soon learn what they are and pick
them up"
Market pccul!aF!i.cs have TO be met
and their demands satisfied. The man
that sells apples should always sort
them. for ho gIll Ind reader market
for the different sizes II sorted than u
Eold together. No one appears TO fan
cy lot OF little and big apples In the
same lot. pGycEs are governed By d!t-
!cFcnt motives ia their purchases.
Some we!I-to-io buyers want uni
form To- OF large apples OF good color.
and will pay an advanced price for
them. But many people prefer apples
OF medium size or below providing
they arc wcll-coloTed. This Is espe-
cIally true O! the heads OF families OF
children. where apples are purchased
In quantities OF peek ut a time.
peek OF big applCs Is soon used up.
while a peck o: mcilum-s!Eed or small
apples will las; longer and give tho
children more satisfaction. The pur-
chascrs OF these apples prefer them
even nj the same price they might
have 20 pay for the large ones. An
other very large class OF people pur-
chase small apples. They are tue
keepers OF boarding houses and hotels
and the purchases by these people are
very large In quantity. The boarding
house keeper knows that. rs n general
thing. each guest will eat only one
apple whether large or small. and rs
a matter of economy the small fruit
is purchased These things show tho
necessity for sorting all fruit ike
apples.
The work OF originating new var!-
cities OF apples goes on. and the eradi-
cation OF the poor ones Is parahe'
! process. New apples are constantly
being imported and some are proving
good. Tho constant revision OF the
| fruit lists is n work that is bound TO
have n very beneficial result. On this
poInt Professor Lazcnby says: 1T IL
| interesting to note that during past
years the list OF apples worthy OF cul-
tIyation first Increased and then de-
creased. In 1891 It comprised 359 va
| rictIes. In 1899 II had decreased TO
] 200 Quite n number Of varieties nave
! been stricken off. and OF course some
| new ones have been added. There Is
another thing that is OF some Interest.
| that Is the varieties that originated In
foreign countries. have increased pro
portionally. In 1891. out OF the 33s
varieties that we're recommended, ~
originated in foreign countries. In
other words, all but 80 originated in
this country. Now in 1899. of the 800
that are recommended. 10 Of them were
Of foreign origin. or these. % are from
Russia, I from France. Z from Eng
land. 3 from Germany, from Holland.
. are simply marked as Europe. the
country not being known. and G from
Canada, making 49,