Semi-weekly herald., 1912-12-23
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i"e aPPieS oeeohie IAN s'pies In your
vicinity, while. if you were growing
them under proper climatic conditions
the conditions that existed where
,nese varieties originated, you would
fino very much better desults.
My ideal apple orchard in the high
er attitudes would be five acres of
apples, planted with Noi thern Spy and
Wagener, alternating the rows and if
| desired third variety, it would be
Delicious.
The Jonathan and Grimes Golden
do not attain their highest state of
perfection with US. While they have
good texture and flavor, and keen
WELL they do not attain the size thar
the market demands.
The Rome Beauty is not high
quality apple to grow at any place.
Aside from its color and handsome
appearance, it has very little to rec
ommend it.
The Northwestern Greening, the
Maiden Blush, MacMal.on White, and
Wealthy, all do well in the higher
attitudes, but the market conditions
are not such in Colorado as would
justify their extensive planting.
The Black Ben Davis does well in
cur vicinity, but it is not high in
quality; therefore, it is not recon-
mended.
would also select five acres for
pears and plant them to Bartletts.
They would all be Bartletts except a
few Seckels or other varieties for
cross fertilization.
My experience leads me to the con-
clusion that Bartlett pears are more
profitable than apples. There are
many reasons for the apple to take
an off year and rest. We frequently
go through the apple orchard and see
o fine tree that has no fruit upon it.
1t has taken year off to rest. 1t
may be that it had too heavy a load
on the preceding year, and the re-
suit was that it put foi tn no blossoms
in the springtime.
The pear tree is quite different. 1t
seems more vigorous. 1t does not take
its off years for rest but it will stand
load each and every year My
Bartlett pear trees have been loaded
down with fruit every year for the
past twelve years, and no sign of any
exhausted condition or desire upon the
part of the tree to take year off for
rest and recuperation. These trees,
however, have not been making any
wood growth during that period. rhe
Bartlett trees now appear to be no
larger than they were twelve years
ago. The Bartlett pear does not re
quire as much pruning or thinning
1t does not require as much spraying.
1t is not pestered with as many in
sects as the apples. The fruit is
picked, sorted, wrapped and boxed
while it is hard and firm, goes into
the market in good condition, and
when it goes into the market it is
not competing with a great mass of
Bartletts from California and other
isi &c PiOueSAiS Souiieiieos lHey are
sold rapidly and easily for fair prices,
and the buyers are always glad to
get these late pears, produced in the
higher altitudes-to toll the Bartlett
pear season over for later period.
Ten or fifteen acres of an orchard
in the high attitudes, planted as
have indicated, would furnish plenty
to do through the season and bring in
handsome profits to the grower. While
these trees are growing to the bear
irg age, other crops and fruits may
he grown between the rows. We are
growing Strawberries, raspberries, po-
tatoes and vegetables between the
rows of the orchard.
Our strawberries come when Others
are out of the way. We have To-
cal market all our own, without COM
petition. We frequently pick of the
Dunlop variety five weeks in June and
July. Our raspeberries also come at
time when others are not competing.
They can generally all be sold in To-
cal markets. If these small fruits
are properly taken care of, they will
produce certain and abundant yield
every season at a fair profit.
We can also grow cherries, includ-
ing the Royal Ann; plums, including
the Satsumma. Peaches of the earlier
varieties can be produced in our VIZ
cinity every year without failure from
late spring frosts.
The horticulturist of Colorado need
have no fear to move his orchard up
the mountain-sde to reasonable lin
1t. There are many things that will
grow there just as well as they will
lower down. There are many varie-
ties of fruit that will do far better,
but if we conclude to move the orchard
up the mountain-side, we must not ex-
pect to grow the same varieties that
are successfully grown lower down.
We must select varieties with refer
ence to their seasons, and must take
into consideration, and be governed by,
the experience of others who have