The daily sentinel., 1911-11-23
'SMUDGE POTS
ARE SUCCESS"
PROF. c. P. CLOSE
Federal Fruit Expert Finally Recog-
nizes Orchard Heating as Prac-
teal Frost Preventative
First Favorable Word.

= The first expert OF the depart =
:, menJ OF agriculture who has eV- =
, IS er recognized orchard heating as .
3 practical frost preventative =
y tor orchards is Prof. c. p. Close, =
Sc expert on fruit Identification of :,
:, the genealogical branch of the s
Is department OF agriculture. 8
= After orchard heating had be- 8,
= come proven science in the g
Z, Grand valley and growers all =
= over the country were using %
~ pots with success. the depart Is
. ment of agriculture has steadily g
= refused to believe that heating e
= all outdoors was practical So g
3 luton for the spring frost prob 8
- lens. Now and then some state =
s experimcnter would appreciate 9,
., the work of the orchard heaters :
Z. and few bulletins of that kind u
= have been issueu, but in Prof. g
9, Close the heater advocates have g
8 found the first federal inyestiga- &,
. tor to take seriously the claims s.
Z, of the smudge pots. =
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=, At the LaCourt last evening Prof
Close told of some of his experiments
while on his station at College Park,
pots with great success in combating
the low temperature last spring. He
has recently been promoted from the
Maryland work to place with the
department and in the future Will
nave charge of the experiments in
orchard heating for the government.
Here Next Spring.
Next spring | hope to be in the
Grand valley and watch your methods
first hand. l think / gained consid-
cradle experience in my own work,
said Prof Close. but | want to see
How you do as many things as pos
siole. recognize it asa proven. pre-
yention against frost, and am glad to
see its practice covering such a wide
scope of country"
Prof. Close stated that heretofore
be had considered it of greater i'm
portance to introduce orchard heat
ing in the east than to urge it in the
west, where it is already in general
Ese. For tnat reason he has not spo-
ken of the matter to any extent in
his present western trip.
Apple Show Judge.
Prof. Close was the judge of the
plate exhibits at the Denver Apple
Show and was thoroughly successful
N suiting the exhibitors in his judy
ing. Little criticism was made of his
work by anyone interested in the
Chow.
Prof. Close goes from this city to
St Joseph, Mo-. where he will be
y, charge of the judging for the hor-
ucultural show there lie will fino
some of the best fruits from Mesa
and Delta counties on exhibition at
that place.
Saw Orchards.
While here he made a trip through
7, orchards in company with Frank
Il. Davis, assistant manager of the
Grand Junction Fruit Growers asso-
cation, and E. S. Nichols, local fore
caster of the local office of the
weather bureau
suggests Apple Wrap.
81 am greatly pleased to see your
growers here take advantage of so
many scientific methods in growing
and marketing. / do believe, howev-
er, that you could improve your
pack, and it seems to me that wrap
ping your apples would greatly i'm
prove their comm ercial desirability.
Ii means so cents box more and
shouldn't cost more than ) cents a
box for the extra work and paper"
Professor Close left early this
morning for st. Joseph.