Cañon City record., 1909-12-30

From Wednesdays Daily.
The Thirteenth Annual Institute
and Fruit Fair of the Fremon County
Horticultural Society. which ,~ened
In the district court room this mU-u-
ing. is one of the most notable in the
history OF the organization. There is
a fine display OF orchard products and
Of pantry stores and the proceedings
are of exceptional interest to the pub
lie There are between fifty and sixty
boxes of apples. representing some
thing like twenty-five varieties. be-
sides q lot OF plate fruit. on exhibition
and II ia no disparagement to previous
displays to say they constitute the
best showing ever made here on a sim
liar occasion The apples have been
packed with unusual care and are
characterized by such uniformity OF
size and color as to commend them to
all observers.
Much OF the fruit on exhibition will
be shown ut the Colorado National Ap-
pie Exposition in Denver next week.
and on that account Il has been select
ed with more than ordinary watchful-
ness. The apples vary from the brill
hant red OF the Jonathan and the Ben
Davis To the bright yellow of the Col
orado Orange. the Bellenover and the
Grimes Golden. In appearance and
quality they have no superior in the
state and demonstrate beyond cavil
that Canon City orchardists can grow
as fine apples as can be found any
where in the United States II prop
srly shown they can not fail TO attract
favorable attention at Denver In COM
petition with the orchard products of
the western slope. OF Idaho. washing
ton. or any other part OF the country.
for that matter
The institute was opened by Presi-
dent 8 J. Andrews OF the Horticuitur-
Al Society. who delivered the annual
address He was succeeded by Prof.
e B. Bennett OF the faculty of the
State Agricultural College at Fort
Collins. who spoke on the subject Of
Soil Maintenance in the Orchard"
PrO. Bennett Is the successor OF Prof.
Paddock In the chair Of horticulture At
the Fort Collins school and is making
his hrst visit TO Canon City. II will
be interesting to many readers OF the
Daily Record 10 know In this connec-
ton that Prof Paddock is now associ-
ated with the Ohio State Agricultural
College Prof Bennett made a splen-
did talk and created an excellent Inn
preston on those who heard him.
A committee on resolutions consist
ing OF DR. Allen Bell Capt. B. F. Rock
afeliow and T. II. Robbins was ap-
pointed by the chair al This mornings
session and viii report Its recommen-
dations some time tomorrow. The
committees on awards are as follows;
Frult--Arthur Hubboll. Glen Kirkton
and n s Moore. Pantry stores-Mrs.
c. 4. LinkIns. Mrs s Andrews and
Mrs Thurston White. These commit
tees were busy at the noon hour today
In Judging the exhibits and expect 10
complete their work by noon tomor-
row.
A feature OF the institute today and
one that will be repeated tomorrow.
was the superb dinner served at noon
to the business men OF Canon City and
TO the members OF the Association and
their families by the wives and daugh-
ters OF the ranchers belonging to the
society. The program designated IL as
a picnic lunch" bu all who enjoyed
the hospitality OF the occasion agree
that such a designation was mis-
nomer. II was in reality a bountiful
and we'll served dinner OF several
courses in which chicken pie. celery.