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these fruit experimental fields, were he but as ready to write 

 of his experience now as as he was ten years ago, 



Said Major Henry McAlister, of Colorado Springs, in 

 an address on Apple Culture in Colorado before the El Paso 

 Horticultural Society, in January, 1882: "There is no longer 

 any doubt that apples can be grown successfully in all that 

 portion of Colorado east of the mountains. The experience 

 of a number of persons both in the northern and southern 

 sections of the State justifies the belief that, within ten 

 years, the Colorado demand for apples will be fully met 

 with Colorado-grown fruit. It is true that much experi- 

 mentation must still be practised before the fifll capabilities 

 of our soil and climate are learned, but enough is known to 

 make the planting of an apple orchard a matter attended no 

 longer with any considerable risk, provided that in doing so 

 the advice be taken of those whose experience during the 

 past ten or fifteen years have resulted in complete success. 

 Although I have no doubt that the list of apples that can 

 be grown to advantage in Colorado will be very much en- 

 larged by future experiments, I believe that there are many 

 kinds now grown very successfully east of the Mississippi 

 that will not do well in the peculiar climate of the Rocky 

 Mountain .region." 



LOCATION AND SOIL. 



We group together the advice, given on this important 

 subject, by those who have thus far come under our obser- 

 vation in the public prints or in private correspondence. 



J. W. COOK : The best location for an orchard is on 

 upland, with a gentle slope to the east or south. Apple 

 trees, however, will not grow on land subject to seepage. 

 The trees should be set close together and should be made 

 to branch out near the ground so as to protect the trunk 

 from the burning rays of the sun. 



J. H. NEWCOMB : Any grouud that will grow soap-weed, 

 sage-brush, or buffalo-grass will grow trees if under water 

 and proper tillage. 



