128 HORTICULTURE BY IRRIGATION. 



siderable sand. In this soil fruits and vegetables grow to perfection. It 

 is easily broken up and yields a fine crop the first season. 



Water-melons yield from 1,000 to 1,500 melons per acre, and all small 

 fruits and vegetables do equally well. 



FROM PRESIDENT C. S. FAUROT, OF THE NORTHERN COLORADO 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, BOULDER COUNTY. 



I am very glad to hear that you are writing a book on the subject 

 named in your letter. 



I am trying several new 'varieties of blackberries, but none have 

 fruited except the Ancient Briton, and I think that is one of the most 

 prolific bearers I ever saw. 



In regard to the irrigation of fruits, I don't know that I can add any- 

 thing new, but I will say this : I would recommend a heavy, clay soil for 

 strawberries and a limited use of water, as I think too much water hns a 

 tendency to make the fruit soft and insipid in taste. Ground that 

 currants are grown upon should be kept moist, not wet. 



Raspberries and blackberries should be watered once a week through 

 the fruiting season ; after the fruit is gone, give but little water, in order 

 that the wood may ripen for winter. Grapes, if grown on heavy soil will 

 not need more than two or three irrigations a year, but if on light soil, I 

 should recommend at least five or six irrigations one, say, as they are in 

 bloom, and two or three after that, as the ground may require. 



In regard to the varieties grown here, I will give you a few of the 

 leading ones: Strawberries Manchester, Jucunda, Wilson, James Vick, 

 Captain Jack, Crescent and Sharpless. Raspberries Cuthbert, Turner, 

 Hansell, Herstine, Souhegan, Gregg, Mammoth Cluster. Blackberries 

 Ancient Briton, Early Cluster, Snyder, Wilson, Kittatinny and Lawton. 



The varieties in italic I consider good. 



Of grapes I will give just those I could recommend for cultivation : 

 Concord, Hartford, Worden, Moore's Early, Champion, Wilder, Dela- 

 ware, Salem, Brighton, Massasoit, Lindley, Lady, Martha, Empire State, 

 Chasselas. These will do to tie to. 



Currants Red Dutch, Red Cherry, White Dutch, White Grape, 

 Black Naples. Gooseberries I cannot say anything for them.* 



* NOTE Mr. Faurot, being almost exclusively a grower of small fruits, does not 

 refer to the larger fruits, like the apple, pear and plum. All of which do exceed- 

 ingly well in Boulder County. Our general list of these will be found well adapted 

 to culture in that County. 



