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COLORADO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



OFFICERS. 



President — A. E. Gipson, Greeley. 

 Vice-President — John Tobias, Denver. 

 Secretary — Nelson Millett, Denver. 

 Treasurer — Wm. Davis, Denver. 



Executive Committee — S. Wade, Paonia ; A. Gallup, Denver; C. S. Faurot> 

 Boulder. 



The following letter sent by President Gipson, in response to inquiries, 

 speaks of the work of this society: 



My Dear Sir — Replying to your request for information as to the work of 

 the Colorado State Horticultural Society this year, I will say that the aim so 

 far has been rather towards awakening a general interest in things pertaining 

 to horticulture. In other words, our work has been largely preliminary. But 

 at the annual meeting in January last it was the sense of the society that exper- 

 imental stations should be established in different parts of the State at the 

 earliest practicable moment. Committees were appointed to formulate a plan 

 for carrying this feature into effect and to lay before our legislature the needs 

 of the society in the direction of State aid. An effort is being made also to 

 define the status of horticulture under artificial irrigation. This more espe- 

 cially with reference to the influence of water so applied on tree and plant life 

 and the quantity needed for best results. This, with us, is a matter of supreme 

 importance, and we fully appreciate the necessity of having it rightly under- 

 stood. 



Our fruit growers are greatly encouraged over results this year and the fact 

 that not only have thousands of bushels of choice standard apples been grown 

 but likewise fine specimens and yields of pears, plums, apricots, peaches, etc., 

 give well founded hope as to the possibilities of Colorado in this direction. 



The State Horticultural Society is ably seconded in its work by the Northern 

 Colorado Horticultural Association, which is composed of residents of the 

 counties of Boulder, Larimer and Weld. County associations are also being 

 organized as auxiliaries to the State society, and we hope ere many years to be 

 armed and equipped for the good work something as you are in the grand 

 State of Michigan. Fraternally yours, 



A. E. Gipsok. 



