Cañon City record., 1911-03-30

INDOOR GARDEN
]. T. Calvert, Truck Grower,
Has a Place to Be
Proud Oh.

In the Hot Springs addition To she
city OF Canon City there is an ;as:i-
tuition that should and does rank
well up among the most notable la
Canon City, II is an epoch-making
departure from the much trod path in
the highly interesting science Of truck
gardening 1t is a marvel of its kind.
John r. Calvert has planned. in
stalled, equipped and completed hot
house. or -ather an indoor garden that
is monument to life of daily thrift
and reward OF constantly applied
thought 1t is the embodiment of an
innovation that has been approved Of
heartily by the majority OF truck.
growers in this vicinity and it is Que
that in time win bo followed up very
closely by others OF the thrifty and
thoughtful class.
Mr., calvert's hot house is construct
ed OF steel and glass and cement.
wood being used only for window
frames The building is one hundred
feet long and sixty feet wide The
roof is gable-shaped and is at a height
of twenty feet at its topmost point
The sides of the structure are abor;
five and one-haif feet high The buli.-
ing is supported upon a cement foua-
dation imbedded two feet In the
ground with thickness OF two feet
Upon this super-structure is a wall
which is also two feet high and two
feet thick. also made of cement.
From this wall the glass portions
of the building extend themselves up
ward. thus anording the sunlight cy-
er opportunity in the world to shed
its life-giving rays upon those little
plants that fight so valiantIy for lite
and mean so much in the commercial
OF the country The walls
and roof OF glass are supported from
the interior by steel up-rights and
girdcrs which are placed In double
rows iensthwise OF the building and
are about ten feet apart There arc
four different garden plots In the
building each about one hundred feet
long. These plots are held in what
might be called cement boxes which
hold about eighteen inches of dirt A
very apt anology may be obtained by
mentioning the cracker box as the or
binary method By which tomato plants
are coaxed through their infancy IN
the early springtime.
The water used in the irrigation II
the vegetables is conveyed into tie
building and distributed over the var
Ious plots in pipes with faucets situ-
lted at convenient points.
The building is heated By hot water
with an elaborate system of pipes run
ming along the sides OF each gard IN
plot. The plant. however. has been
used but seldom thus far this year.
owing To the fact that warmth given
forth by the sun has been sufficient
to protect vegetation from the cold.
Often during the day It has been nee
essary to ventiIate tho building. This
part OF this many featured institution
is extremely unique. Two cranks at
the north end Of the building operat-
ing system Of chains on cog wheels
can open up two whole tiers OF glass
frames In the upper portion OF the
building with but little effort on tn.
part OF the operator. Two other
cranks similarly worked open up All
the side frames to any desired width.
In ona space Mr. Calvert has 80 .ooo
celery plants growing which he can
sell for about IS thousand. when
sir. Calvert made this statement he
added: Now. don't publish that. be-
cause people might think me blowing
but II is the truth or ! wouldn't say
IL Mr., Kenly who owns big gardens
across the river said they were worth /
that and think IL is the case. because
these plants are belier and hirpar