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2nd. The most productive sorts were, Parker Earle, Warfield,. 
Boynton, Edward’s Favorite, Wolverton, and Pearl. 
3 rd. The most attractive berry in appearance and also possess^ 
ing the best flavor, was Edward’s Favorite. 
4th. For market we would recommend Warfield, Parker Earle,. 
Edward’s Favorite, Boynton, and Wolverton. Were but one variety 
selected we would say, Warfield, fertilized with Edward’s Favorite 
or Parker Earle. 
5 th. Varieties prolific in pollen and good for pollenizers are 
Captain Jack, Edward’s Favorite, Jessie, Mitchell’s Early, Loudon^ 
Parker Earle, Pearl, Van Deman, and Wolverton. 
GRAPES. 
Commercial grape-growing in Eastern and Northern Colorado 
does not offer the prospective planter any inducement; the unfavor¬ 
able conditions attending the successful and profitable growing of 
the grape here, are these : East of the range, all varieties must be 
protected in winter by a covering of earth two or three inches deep> 
and the same removed in spring, all of which adds to the cost of 
production; and furthermore, the yield obtained here is not as large 
as it is in the grape-growing regions of the East. At the present 
time the prices realized are so very low that local growers can not com¬ 
pete with the grape belts of the east, where the fruit is grown by the 
hundreds of tons and shipped in car-load lots to our Western mar¬ 
kets, where it sells at retail for 25 to 30 cents per 10-pound basket. 
Were the yield here as large as it is in the East, and could covering 
be dispensed with, thus lessening the cost of production, the prob¬ 
lem of profitable grape-growing here might assume a different 
aspect. 
West of the range, the conditions are different, and altogether 
favorable to successful grape-growing on a large scale. The vines 
require no protection whatever; the yield is large, and fungus diseases 
are entirely unknown. There is no reason why Western Colorado 
should not some day be reckoned among the foremost of the grape 
producing sections of the country. The conditions as regards soil 
and climate are certainly most excellent, and what is now necessary 
in order to prosecute the business on a large scale is proper shipping 
facilities at reasonable rates. While we do not believe that grape¬ 
growing can be carried on profitably on an extensive scale in North¬ 
ern and Eastern Colorado, we do not mean to discourage the plant¬ 
ing of the vine, but would not recommend it as a money crop. To 
all home owners, we would urge the importance of planting the 
grape for their own use. A few dozen vines, well cared for, in a few 
