Archive image from page 161 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom cyclopediaofamer02bail Year: 1906 356 COLORADO from an address by Judge W. B. Pelton before the State Horticultural Society, as published in the report for 1887-8 : 'The first fruit trees were set out in
Archive image from page 161 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom cyclopediaofamer02bail Year: 1906 356 COLORADO from an address by Judge W. B. Pelton before the State Horticultural Society, as published in the report for 1887-8 : 'The first fruit trees were set out in Fre- mont county in 1867. W. C. Gatlin went to Pueblo for an invoice of trees which had been ordered by him- self and by Governor Anson Rudd, W. A. Helm and Jesse Frazier. They had been brought across the plains in a wagon to Pueblo, and Mr. Catlin brought them to Canon, something over $.')00 worth of trees oc- cupying a small .space in his wagon. A few of these trees, and only a few, are still living. After his first at- tempt, which was almost a total failure, Jesse Frazier procured several thousand root grafts and set them out in nursery rows. When they became large enough he transplanted them into his orchard.' By the year 1879, Mr. Frazier had an orchard of 15 acres, the older portion of which produced 3,000 bushels of apples. Since 1880, the yearly additions to the orchard area of this county have steadily increased, and fruit-growing is now recog- nized as one of the leading industries of the county. As in the other districts, the apple receives the most at- tention, but pears, plums, and the small fruits are grown in quantity. Peaches have been raised, but are not a sure crop, owing to the liability to late spring frosts. Farther down the Arkansas valley, in Otero county. the rirst fruit trees were planted about 1882, but general interest in orchard planting did not develop until some years later. During the past 5 years the area planted has rapidly increased, and th
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