The Colorado statesman., 1906-02-03
FRUIT GRO W ERS
COLORADO STATE HoRTlcUL-
TURAL SOCIETY MEETING.
PRIZE AWARDS ANNOUNCED
MIR. Parsons Tells About Small Fruits
Papers on Orchardine Read
Last Year Was Profitable One.

Last rear was HTOTlIdDle OnG.
Denver-Having done all they could
to help organize the Farmers Congress
which met under the auspices of their
organization on Tuesday, delegates to
the Colorado State Horticultural So
clety appeared in numbers Wednesday
morning for the opening session of
their fifth annual convention, which is
being held at the Chamber of Com
merce building. According to their
custom each year, they now seek new
ideas regarding the growing of fruit,
and one of the best best methods of
accomplishing this object, they be-
lieve, is by mingling together and dis
cussing horticultural conditions.
The last year has been one of profit
to the fruit growers of the state, and
no adverse reports were heard. The
sentiment seemed to be that the fruit
crop was generally good throughout
Colorado.
THE Strawberry and Other Small
Fruits" paper read by Charles L.
Parsons, Boulder, was a subject that
awakened the interest of all the dele
gates, since the majority have small
fruit ranches.
That the scores of varieties of
strawberries grown to-day, have
sprung chiefly from the type that
originated in the West was a state
ment of Mr.. Parsons that caused not
little surprise among his hearers
Careful selection and sl1illful cross
ing" said he, have developed from
the wild berry twice the size of a pea,
the large, luscious fruit of the present
time, from the best of which twelve
berries have been known to fill a box
At the afternoon session B. F. Rock
afellow of Canon City read a paper on
Commercial Orcharding," and Hon. ].
H. Crowley of Rocky Ford told the
members How and Where to Plant an
Orchard"
Awards for the best varieties of
fruit were then made as follows:
Commercial Winter Apple-North-
ern division: First C. E. Parfet,
Golden; second division, w. w. Wolf,
Boulder; third, E. d. Smith, Mason
vile. Southern division: First, Ere
mont Horticultural Society; second,
Northern Fruit Growers. Western di-
vision: First, Grand Junction Fruit
Growers Association; second, R. A
Orr, Grand Junction; third, B. A
Smith, Grand Junction.
Winter apple for home use-North-
ern division: First, c. E. Parfet, Col
den; second, Charles L. Parsons, Boul-
der; third, E. D. Smith, Masonville.
Southern division: First, Fremont Hor-
ticultural Society; second, Fremont
Fruit Growers Association. Western
division: First, Grand junction Fruit
Growers Association; second, R. A.
Orr, Grand Junction.; third, Lester
Jaynes.
Marketable winter apple, open COM
petition-First, Fremont County Hor-
ticultural Society; second, Fremont
County Fruit Growers Association;
third, r. A. Orr, Grand Junction.
Open competition of fruits for artis-
tic display-First, Fremont County
Horticultural Society; second, Ere
mont County Fruit Growers Associa-
,, ton; third, Grand Junction Fruit
Growers Association.
Box of winter apples packed ready
for shipping 1 First, N B.
King, Canon City; second, B. A Smith,
Grand Junction; third, C. E. Parfet,
Golden. Division 2: First, Fremont
County horticultural Society; second,
Grand Junction Fruit Growers Asso.
,ciation third, Fremont County Fruit
| Growers Association
After the awarding of prizes in the
competition, the following committees
were appointed for the ensuing year:
Resolutions, George Richardson, Levi
Booth, G. L. Todd; Legislative, ]. s. Nc
| Clelland, Charles l.. Parsons, J. H.
Crowley; delegates to Farmers week,
George Richardson; exhibits, w. G. NJ.
| Stone, j. b. Hughes, NJ. L. Allison.