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little attention. The ’most successful attempt of which I know 
has been made at Berthoud, a town 50 miles north of Denver, by 
M. H. Warfle. Mr. Warfle’s experience is summed np in the fol¬ 
lowing paragraph: 
I have thirty peach trees. In 1901, the second year after planting, I had 
about twenty-five boxes of fruit. In 1902, fifty boxes, and the outlook is good for 
a big crop this year. The varieties I grow are Alexander, Triumph, Mountain 
Rose, Bakara No. 3 and Elberta. Any good variety will do well if they are laid 
down. 
These few pages are written not with the idea of presenting 
anything new, but to draw attention to the fact that peaches can 
be grown with a certain amount of profit in most of our fruit 
growing regions. But the pleasure to be derived from a home 
supply of this luscious fruit should not be underestimated. The 
peaches grown at Canon City always command a higher price on 
the home market because they are of better quality when allowed 
to ripen on the tree. Those that are shipped in must be picked 
before fully ripe in order to stand transportation. 
In many parts of the state the price of peaches is so great 
that many families are compelled to do without. But by using 
this method of laying down the trees, as worked out by the pio¬ 
neer truit growers of Canon City, the small land holder can pro¬ 
vide his family with peaches of much better quality than can be 
bought on the market, and with little expense. 
