Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-01-04
A HUGE APPLE TRAIN.
Colorados Famous Durangos Sent iron,
Denver.

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The big train-l"td Of apples from Dur
ango WAS examined hy the wholesale
merchants Yesterday Three ears We're
purchased for the Denver trade: the rest
continued ON east. 1t WAS the finest lui
of apples ever seen in Denver. Every APP
pie was perfect. without a iluw ar worm.
The apples We're All grown in u district
extending from the Hermos;l. about eight
miles north of Durango Ia the Utah state
line, thence south seventy miles Seventy
different orchards and twtutN-f"ur vari"
ties are represented With three eNcep-
lions they are all winter apples. IN"
trainload was valued at So 500
1t is claimed that the only perfect APP
pies grown in this country during l>91
were found in III" product If the san
Juan and Animas valleys. The hil train.
which originally consisted of twenty five
carloads of Il total value "f about Si2. 800
arrived minus few ears. as four of
them wrr" sold at Colorado Springs. four
more w"r" disguised "f elsewhere in tran
sit three ears will go direct to thi"ug"
to be distributed throughout III" East
The remaining apples will either b."
stored here, or viii b" sent To- III" East.
hut the chances favor thu. former. buy
crS from Omaha and Indianapolis Will ar
rive her" shortly /" make purchases f"i'
houses in their rrSpcCtiV" cities
The train originally carried about 200 @r'
pounds of apples which would ill - "rli-
nary farm wagons and would form II
straight line OF nearly tire" miles. Ana
Vet th"S" Suuthw"Sl"tn"fS say that this
does nor represent nn.-foitieth of their
season : appi" 81 3p
The growers Uf the apples wcr" ~, .ol-
lows: David +. Day. GI0oo pounds: W.
q. White, ao."oo: IirachV"gcl " Weight
man. Sa."U0: Porter BROTHERS. chicago. 50 :
NM. The Port-rs will send their three
carloads direct I" Chicago. som" tame
ago they sent Hi1i boxes at apples from
the Duran2" section ia New York aud
London. where they We're quickly sold at
good prices.
FANCY PRICES FOR APPLES.
II is not generally known hat il is a
fact that In ,'hicag" this fan colorado
apples sold as high as - per bon. This is
At the rate Of over 81 per barrel The
price paid has done more To attract the
attention of Eastern merchants to cot
said about tttm. for n" such price has
said about { en-. for n" such prlc" has
been paid befor" in itn Eastern market in
the fall for the past twenty years This
price paid for Il large quantity OF
apples from Colorado. Their" were pl"n.
ty of california apples in the market. lint
they could not ""mp"t" with the Denver
apples in quality or color. Tn" variety OF
apple that brought this price Was tn.
Grimes Golden. I'M. demand h;t., beer
far in excess OF tho supply All FAN.
Another fact not generally known is
that som" Colorado merchants are az
porting apples from California to Europe
The reason california apples ar" exported
rat hcr than the Colorado fruit is brcaus,
apples can j." shipped from California t.
New York cheaper than from Denver t,
New York. and as the business has To b.
done on close margin the shippers TAX.
the California apples. Here is something
The Colorado fruit mru might Investigate
This year tn" demand will NOR" than con
sumo the crop ia this State and AT prices
higher than tn" fruit growers had hupct
for. but with the crop constantly incrcas-
ing the problem of finding 4 market vii
soon be serious one
Cot -. T.. Day conceived tn" idc;, 81
+ shipping. the train-load of apples from
Durangn's fruit belt to Denver COT Day
readily secured the cooperation of
Mcssrs. w 6. Whit" and Brachvoecl y
Weghtman in til" undertaking. ami with
in a few days Twenty-Five carloads OF
select. worthless apples from Durango $
apple orchards were IN route 10 Denver.
a dozen wears ago the people residing
in Durango : fruit belt rarely saw fruil
and when they tasted ii They paid an cnur-
nous price for tn" California or eastern
product. During the past three or fou!
years the fruit productions of III" Duran
go belt have been steadily gaining favor
and reaching further for markets. Duran
COS wnrlnlssS appl" is without Il pccr.Nnd
her peaches. grapes ana other products
excel thos" of California.
WONDERFUL DEVELOPMENT.
The splendid advancement Of civliza-
tinn and its industries in the southwest
during recent Years will he better appre-
I. ciatrd when the fact is recalled that ii
: was little mon" than It dozen years az"
when tn" peaceful and NOR" progressive
people of that section were struggling t.
put down Indian dcViltry aud the outla "
ry of white rrncSad"S and border rutiians
who used tn" Colorado- New M"Nic"
boundary line for jumping r"pe" when