IRRIGATION FRUIT GROWING 
ADAPTED TO THE WEST 
Something New, Practical and Right Up to Date 
Written and compiled by 0. D. Shields, for twenty-seven 
years a practical nurseryman and fruit grower at Loveland, 
with valuable contributions from Prof. C. P. Gillette, M. S., 
Entomologist; S. Arthur .lohnson, M. S.. Wendell Paddock, M. S„ 
Horticulturist State Agricultural College, Fort Collins, Colorado, 
and other good authorities. 
The only work ever published completely covering Irriga- 
tion, Propogation, etc., for the West. W'orth many times Its 
cost. 
$1.00 postpaid. FREE with a $25.00 order. 
Suggestions for Selecting and Transplanting Fruit, 
Shade and Ornamental Trees 
WHAT TO PLANT. 
There are few soils in this country upon which can be 
grown any paying crop that will not grow some kind of fruit, 
wl.i.h, with care in selecting, planting and after culture, will 
also produce a paying crop. 
The planter should bear in mind the tact that trees and 
plants are a good deal like other crops on the farm and should 
have at least an equal show with them if they are to produce 
anything worthy of the name of fruit. It is true some hardy 
varieties will and do grow under the most adverse conditions 
and produce a crop, in spite of, rather than because of, any 
attention they may have had, and it is those varieties which, 
under good care and conditions, are, every year, adding to the 
bank roll of the discriminating buyer. 
But all kinds of fruit, or, all varieties will not succeed on 
all kinds of soil or in all localities, and the first care of the 
planter should be to select the varieties that have oeen tested 
and proven to be the best for his particular purpose. Buy 
best, we mean, in hardiness, adaptability and quality. We 
place hardiness first because if a tree or plant is lacking in 
that most essential point, however high its quality may be, it 
is a waste of time and money to plant it, and, also, which Is 
a greater loss, one is deprived of the home grown fruit he 
might have had by exercising a little care in the beginning. 
We have catalogued only such varieties as have been tested 
In the West, and you will note that, where conditions are favor- 
able to fruit growing, there is as large an assortment to select 
from as anyone could wish for, and, also there are plenty of 
the hardiest sorts for the man In the new country, or on the 
dry land. We would advise the planter to stick to the old and 
tried sorts until the new ones have been tested under condl- 
tlrns similar to his own. Do not make the mistake of planting 
too many varieties; for the commercial orchard tour or five 
standard sorts are the best. But for the family orchard it is 
better to have a succession of varieties that will furnish fruit 
throughout the year. This can be done by planting early ripen- 
ing sorts, followed by late summer, fall and long-keeping 
winter varieties. 
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