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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
COLORADO FRUIT CULTURIL 
Frank E. Hartman, writing to the Field and Farm says : 
“ Horticulture is the coming industry in Colorado. Fifteen 
years ago there was hardly an orchard in the state. Now 
there are 45,000 acres in fruit, one-third of which has come 
in bearing and which yielded last year $2,2^0,000 to the 
fruit growers. The extent of the demand is shown in that 
hundreds of car-loads of fruit are annually imported from 
California. This import the fruit growers of Colorado are 
gradually diminishing. Soil and climate combine to render 
the mountain valleys of Colorado the home of the apple, 
the peach, the pear, flie apricot, the grape, the plum, the 
cherry, while all the small fruits, like raspberries and straw¬ 
berries, grow luxuriantly and yield prolificaly. For the 
past six years a ten-acre fruit farm at Canon City has paid a 
net profit of between ^400 and ;^500 an acre each year. 
Last year a fifteen-acre farm in the Grand Valley near Grand 
Junction yielded ;^3,8oo in peaches, pears, cherries, plums, 
apricots, strawberries, raspberries, etc. 
Dali De Weese, the well-known, Colorado nurserymen, 
believes that Colorado is the best apple state in the country. 
He also believes that no state affords so great advantages in 
varied altitudes for the successful cultivation of the largest 
number of fruits. 
It is estimated that there are 60,000 acres in orchards 
in Colorado, three-quarters of which acreage, however, has 
not yet come into full bearing, and fully one-fourth is not 
bearing at all, being but recently set. Careful estimates 
this year place the increased orchard area at 20,000 acres, 
the most of which will be on the western slope in Garfield» 
Mesa, Delta and Montrose counties. 
ONE OF THE BEST PUBLISHED. 
Nichols & Lorton, Davenport Nurseries, Davenport, Ta. 
—“ p]nclose(l find .f 1 for one of the best papers published.” 
Spraying Fruit Trees. 
When apples bring $3.00 per bushel and wheat only about 50 cents, when 
the expense of taking care of an acre of apple orchard is no greater than that 
of an acre of wheat, while an apple orchard will yield ten bushels of apples to 
one bushel of wheat, it is about time fruit growers were opening their eyes and 
taking care of crops which pay the largest profit. What is true of apples ma,v 
also be said of other varieties of fruits. By properly spraying your fruit 
trees, vines and vegetable crops, y ou are sure of a crop.no matter what the 
weather conditions may be. Send 6 cents to WILLIAM STAHL, QUINCY, ILL., and 
get his catalogue of spraying outfits and complete treatise on spraying: it 
will pay you to do so. Mr. Stahl has been interested, himself, in growing fruit 
largely tor many years and fully understands the wants of fruit growers in 
this direction. 
The Attention of Nurserymen, Florists 
AND OTHERS I S INVITED TO 
OUR IMMENSE STOCK OF 
Field Grown Hybrid Perpetual Roses. 
The list embraces the following standard varieties : 
Alfred Colomb. Earl of Dufferin. Gloire de Margottin 
Anne de Diesbach. Francois Levet. Jean Liabaud. 
Baron de Bonstetten. Gen. Jacqueminot. John Hopper. 
Also the following climbing roses : 
Baltimore Belle. Queen of Prairies. 
And the new Hybrid Rugosa Rose 
7 VTKDM 7 VIE GEORGES BRUJMNT. 
Lady Helen Stewart. 
Magna Charta. 
Marshall P. Wilder. 
Mrs. Hovey. 
Paul Neyron. 
Prince Camille. 
Etc., etc. 
Triumphant. 
The plants are one year old budded low on the Manetti and two years on own roots, all of our own growing (which are superior to 
the imported), and embrace the best kinds. 
Our supply of general nursery stock is also very large and complete. Particular attention is directed to the following : 
Baldwin Apples. Angouleme Pears, dwarf. Lombard Plum. Golden Queen Raspberry. 
Bartlett Pears, standard. Windsor Cherry. Cuthbert Raspberry. Gregg Raspberry. 
GRAPE VINES, CHOICE PLANTS. 
Concord. Lady. Moore’s Diamond. Niagara. 
Hartford. Lindley. Moore’s Early. . Salem. 
WHITE CRAPE CURRANTS. 
Ornamental Trees and Shrubs, both deciduous and Evergreen. The largest collections in America. Newest 
varieties. Finest Stock. Prices remarkably low. Correspondence solicited. Order early. Catalogue free. 
EILWANGER & BARRY, MT. HOPE NURSERIES, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK. 
