GARDEN NOTES, 1910 
By E. R. BENNETT 
The garden proposition in Colorado, differs materially from 
that in the East. It is always a question in a new country as to 
what will succeed, and what fail. Many people have thought that 
because of the high altitude of Colorado, few of the garden crops 
that succeed in the East could be grown here. In fact this idea 
has been so prevalent that for years many of the ranchmen in 
the higher altitudes of the State, have lived on canned goods and 
have freighted potatoes from distant points at four cents per pound, 
when vegetables, (potatoes in particular), could have been grown 
better on their ranches than in most places in the East, or even in the 
lower altitudes of Colorado. Different places in Colorado differ 
so materially in altitude, and therefore in temperature and rainfall, 
that it is impossible for anyone to give definite directions, or make 
definite statements as to what may be done in the State as a whole. 
Even when certain truck crops have been failures in many places, 
we cannot conclude that the crop may not grow satisfactorily in 
a given place until we have tried all the methods possible for its 
culture. In other words, because a given crop will not grow as 
handled in Iowa or Ohio, it does not necessarily follow that it can¬ 
not be grown, even more successfully, here than there, when we 
know how to adapt the culture of the plant to our conditions. Many 
strange discoveries have been made in the State along these lines. 
For instance, it has been found that cauliflower, cabbage and po¬ 
tatoes may reach the acme of productiveness and quality in places 
where it was thought almost no crops of these kinds could be 
grown. Because of these peculiar conditions, it has been thought 
best, particularly for the benefit of new comers in the State, to 
discuss the possibilities of growing the various garden crops and 
the methods which we believe to be best adapted to our conditions. 
It must be remembered that the work done along these lines, at this 
Station, cannot be taken as a guide, other than in a general way 
for similar work in other parts of the State. Almost no two 
places have the same conditions, and methods employed must be 
changed accordingly. 
During the season of 1910, as many as possible of the annual 
truck crops adapted to Colorado conditions, have been grown in 
the gardens of the State Agricultural Experiment Station. 
In the work of truck gardening, that has been taken up at 
the Experiment Station, two ideas are being kept in mind. First 
the truck crop from a commercial standpoint is considered. This 
includes all the crops such as cabbage, cauliflower, celery and the 
like, that are grown for local markets, and also for shipping to 
