The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1913-08-14


den plants. whether for utilitarian or
for decorative purposes. the details Z
which. naturally range under three
heads: flowers. fruits and vegetables
"Horticnlture' and "HorticuItur-
its" are words attractive In sound and
full OF meaning With the horticul-
turist we associate the idea Of tia
garden and the greenhouse and the
orchard. and the good things that
come therefrom. those which please
both the eye and the palate.
There are a voiuminous number Of
divisions and subdivisions Of subjects
under this title. The one We are most
interested in Is fruit raising. ! wish
TO give you some statistics that |,
have gathered In reference 20 the ex-
tent and culture OF apples. the most
useful Of all our hardy fruits. and
one Of the most widely cultivated aud
best known and appreciated of the
fruits belonging TO the temperate ell
mates. In Its Wild state II Is known
as the crab and is found generally dis
tributed through Europe and Asia.
growing in as high latitude as Dron-
fhein. in Norway.
The apple is more successfully cui-
tivated In the higher istitudes than
another fruit tree. growing up to %
degrees north. The apples grown in
northern regions are small. hard and
erahid- The best fruits are produced
in hot summer climates. such a. CAM
aa and the United States Besides in
Europe and America. the apple 10 DOW
cuftivafed nj Cape OF Good Hope.
northern India and China. and In Aas-
sralla and Nc~ Zealand.
Apples have been cultivated IN Great
Britain since the period Of the Ro-
man occupation. since the sixteenth
century.
Prof. Ray enumerated rs varieties
in the neiEhborhood OF London, and
II is now calculated that about 1000
KINDS can he distinguished
The chronology OF the fruit industry
Of our state dates back to 1864. when
william Lee planted the nrst appse
tree. which washed away by the Clear
creek flood snd repianted in lsss n
Fremoat county
Jesse Frazier planted al Florence
the frx, orchard IN 1896. and also a
small nuracry. from whom Captain
RoekafeiIow states he bought his first
trees In 1859 william Wade planted
the hrnt- fruit trees on the Western
slopes In fSss. Hon. J. S. Mcclellan
Of Fort Collins planted the FIRST large
orchard OF many kinds In northern
Colorado. Governor Anson Rndd. VIII
son A. Helm and William c. catli,.
who planted fruit trees at Canon City
in the SOS. also David A. Lee In JEFF
ferson county. Lafayette Head In Con-
cios. John Locke In Fremont. and
Martin Everett. who planted the frst
nnt-bearins trees at Wheat Ridge.
Major Jacob Downing. d. L. crimcs.
Charles W. Steele. George Richardson.
Avery Gallup. James Comforts. +.
Mileson. william Wolf and R. 5. Ed
wards ~erc foremost in the fruit ca,-
ture OF northern Colorado.
John Cravestock. DR.. Thomas cras-
en-. General Robert A. Cameron. Thom-
as s. Wells. Capt. d. +. RockafeIlow
and Hon W. b. FELTON,. all of Canon
City, were early active workers
among fruit trees and vines. Hon. g.
D. FELTON, was one Of the nrst to plart
an orchard at Canon City In 'sa. white
warden Of the state penitsntiary. -
state senator from Fremont county he
introduced law establishing the
state board OF horticulture and AFTER
wGrds tho laws governing horticul-
ture. He was president Of the board