CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1909-04-22
PREPARATION MADE
I, TO HELP GROWERS
IN FIGHTNG FROST


The chilly. disasreeable weather
which swept over COLORADO In the
wake Of the snowstorm Of Sunday
night has afforded the fruitsrowers Of
the western slope and Of the Arkan-
sas valley an opportunity to test the
efiiciency OF orchard heating as an
agency In raising and maintaining the
temperature. above the freezing point
It is the opinion OF the best informed
horticulturists that no damage has yet
resulted from the cold to any of the
comomercial varieties OF fruit; indeed
they say that at no time this spring
has the crop been seriously menaced
by atmospheric conditions.
A few OF the cherries. peaches and
plums may have been killed by the
frost on Monday and Tuesday nights.
but. II SO. it is not yet apparent to the
casual observer. Some Of the varieties
Of fruit are destroyed every year in
consequence OF the cold weather and It
would be remarkable II they were to
escape unscatched this spring.
The disastrous freeze of twelve
months ago awakened the fruit grow
ers Of the Canon City district to the
necessity Of leaving nothing undone
that would assist in preventing a rep
etition OF that unfortunate occurrence.
While many OF them have made no
systematic provision for heating their
orchards they will use what means
they have at command to minimize the
effects OF the frost. should the COM
munity be subjected to visitation OF
that kind.
A large number OF ranchers, how
ever. have been active with their heat
Ing pots for several nights. desiring. II
possible, to save all OF the varieties of
fruit from injury. While this heating
has been more or less expensive It
has been worth the cost many times
over In demonstrating its value As a
mears cf. raising the temperature over
large areas OF land. Lincoln Park.
East Canon and Fruitmere were bril-
liant with burning oil and coal pots
Tuesday night that had been lighted
by ranchers for the purpose of fore
s,alIing any possible injury to their
fruit crop. Wherever the
was tried the result was
Of r most gratifying character. con-
vincinE the most skeptical that 1t was
. good thing. In the majority Of or
chards where the heating pots were
lighted Tuesday night the tempera-
ture vas raised from nve to seven de-
srees. and could have been rendered
still more effective BY increasing the
number Of nres.
Captain b. r. RockafelloW has ap-
two thousand pots lighted
on his Fruitmere orchard. and At no
time while they were burning did the
register q lower tenn
perature than twenty-eisht degrees.
although In some localities It got
down - low a. twenty-four.
The. burning pots illuminated the
orchards wherever they were set to
do their work and preseoted . beauti-
full spectacle to th observer. The arss
In the Rockafellow, Troutman and
other orchards on this side Of the. nv
er suggested to the people Of Lincoln
Park the lights OF . great military
camp - though an army yae
bivouaeed In the distance. Il made =
spiendid picture. but II was inspired
By peace instead Of var.
On LincoIn Park \ score ot orch
ards were brilliant erom the ,ssame
cause and voes similarly successful In
raisias the tempsfatnrs, thereby
showing what may b AceoNplisAsA
By ARTIFICIAL hsatinG. TIE sxpssauantal
work Of the last Few nights has isAoWn
that the possf6fltiss az orchard heat
Ing are Almost illi1pitabis. AAA that
no fruit Gro0sr oaAs afDseA % Agnses
its vaiue. Atrths FreA W.',eSal1nS
ranch on Park avsnss. LAaeoln Park.
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