Cañon City record., 1911-03-30
IDEAL GARDENS
NEAR CANON

more than a good grazing ground for
cattle 1t was utilized for that pur-
pose, and no one. for long period,
ever thought of using it for anything
else. Gradually, however, a few were
possessed with the idea that if water
could be carried onto this barren plain
something besides prairie dogs. sage
water at last came, after much effort
and energy had been spent, and then
everyone thought of orchards and the
like as the only productive crops. Lin
coin Park and other places were soon
covered with fertile and productive
orchards.
Somebody found out that vegetables
would thrive in this valley. Quite
plots between the rows of trees and
found that truck gardening was much
easier and more profitable than fruit
growing. Many then started to grow
vegetables exclusively until now in
the Hot Springs addition to this city
there are nothing but truck gardens.
d. E. Goodnight. ]. T. Calvert, ]. V.
Blake, Art Woods, Samuel Izabel and
Arch Tyler are the men who own the
majority of places near the Hot
Springs and they are the men by their
industry and intelligent gardening,
who are bringing the addition to the
front as one of the very important as
sets for the good of Canon City.
Mr.. Calvert and Mr.. Goodnight are.
perhaps, the real pioneers of the addi- /
tion. OF course, the other men have
been there sometime, too. but these
two were among the first to see the l
possibilities of the district.
Being, as it is. situated close to ;ae
foot hills of the beautiful Greenhorns,
and being well protected from the
frigid blasts that sometimes sweep ]
down from the lofty heights above, IL I
is seldom, If ever, bothered with a
freeze or frost The inhabitants up
there say that year ago when 1t was
ten below on Lincoln park and six be-
low in Canon City, 1t wasn't more than
freezing in the Hot Spring addition. /
That Just goes to show what an ad-
vantage they have in the way of tenn
perature.
Another thing that is to their ad-
vantage, is an abundant supply of wat
er. Nearly every gardener up there
has water rights under both the South
Canon ditch and the Deweese canal.
The former supplies all land down
close to the river and the latter fur
nishes the necessary water for all the
territory lying in the vicinity of the
foot hills. great deal Of water is
always needed in this business and tie
unlimited supply furnished by these
two canals relieves the ranchers from
any worry from that source.
The land has always been more u
less fertile, partaking. as it does. very
much OF the nature of loan well
sanded; but no one thought of its un-
usual fertility until vegetables were
grown. The possibilities have been
taken advantage of, until now, three
and four crops are produced every
year.
Mr. John Calvert and his brother.
J. R.Calvert, till eleven acres of soil
not counting that occupied by the hot
house, which was described recently
in The Record. Their principle out
door crop is onions, which they grow
from February to July. They have
about two and one-half acres planted
TO onions this year and about one and
one-half acres of radishes. Their on
ions. they state. will average about
one thousand dollars an acre and the
radishes, perhaps, little more. Rad
ishes are really the best crop of all
for they are what are known as n
quick CROP easily grown and easily
disposed Of Last year the Calve-,s