Cañon City record., 1897-08-19
FRUIT No.rEs.

Those persons who are always talk
ing about hard times and wondering
what is to become of the community if
times don't brighten up, would do well
to make "a trip through the fruit farms
about the city and they will have to
acknowledge that the prospects for the
near future are not so bad after all.
This would serve as pretty good medi-
cine for chrome kicking. The business
of our city depends to large extent
on the production and price of our
frnit. The crop this year is extraordi-
narily good and the prices are fair; so
what is to'hinder us from having good
times? In an interview with num-
Der of fruit growers in South Canon
we have been told by all that this years
crop of apples is considerably better
than two years ago and equal to any
for the last ten years. They agree that
there may have been years when the
trees were more heavily loaded but
never time when the quality was so
good. A much smaller percentage of
the apples are falling off this year than
usual
John Locke, of South Canon, will
have large crop of apples this year
On four hundred trees he estimates a
yield of fifteen hundred barrels. Mr.
Locke will exhibit at the Horticultural
fair and unless the quality of his fruit
has greatly deterlorated since the
Worlds Fair he will doubtless carry off
some prizes AS many are aware Mr.
Locke got the award on his display of
apples at the Columbian Exposition
| The certificate reads: Award for a
well selected collection containing
many good varieties" etc, and bears
the signatures of the Worlds Fair Off
GERS. This was accompanied by a
bronze medal in a handsome aluminium
case
Persons who pass the residence OF
True Blancett are necessarily attracted
by the abundance of fruit on his trees
One day this week he shipped eighty
crates of apples. Pretty good days
picking. Mr.. Blancett raises largely
summer and fall varieties and finds
them equally as profitable as the winter
apple Besides about fifteen hundred
crates of summer and fall varieties he
will have at least five hundred barrels
of winter apples. Mr.. and Mrs. Blan
cett have one of the incest and most
convenient homes in South Canon.
W. H. Trout does not raise as much
fruit as he does gold, silver and copper
yet he finds time to oversee one of the
prettiest little orchards in the county
1 Mr.. Trout spends most of his time al
Telluride where he looks after the mine
owned by himself and Governor Adams
He is down for short time looking
after affairs at home. lie has an acre
vineyard of ,-s.ios.-- i.-. ir J,,sti,, proud
| He expects to pick about four thousand
baskets of grapes from this patch this
year.
Judge Prescott is one of the leading
fruit growers in South Canon His
trees are groaning under the weight OF
apples. He will have about ZOO
barrels of winter apples alone, beside.
many summer and fall varieties The
Judge is counting on carrying of
several premiums on apples, plums ant
other fruits at the State Horticultural
Fair
John Bonn has remarkably pretty
and well kept orchard in Fruitmere
just three miles from town. His apple
trees are mostly young. about FIVE years
old, but hearty and well shaped Hi:
largest crop this year was Strawberries
from which he cleared over thousand
dollars. He will have fair second
crop and expects to have some fine
ones to exhibit at the Horticultural
Far
Forbis and Stockton, who work the
Cameron ranch in Fruitmere, have al.
ready shipped over a thousand crates
of apples. They will begin shipping
pears soon from their ten-acre pear or
chard.
New stock boys waists. BETHEL's.
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A Record Breaker.
Misses Blanche Armstrong and Edna