Cañon City record., 1903-10-15
APPLE GATHERING BEGUN
The Crop Promises to Exceed Ex-
pectations In Both Quantity
and Quality. ffiH


among the orchardists in the vicinity
OF Canon Citv and will be prosecuted
with vigor until the trees have been
denuded of their burden Of fruit. A
few growers. actuated by a desire to
have the apples remain on the trees as
long as possible, have not yet COM
menced picking them, but win begin
doing 80 In the course OF week or Ten
days at most. AS the fruit is fully ma
tured and to delay its harvesting will
not conserve any useful purpose.
AS usual the apples have colosed up
nicely. particularly the winesaps and
kindred varieties, and are susceptible
OF n polish that IL only possible In fruit
grown in a clear. dry atmosphere such
as we have in Southern Colorado.
Color is indicative Of quality IN apples
70 = greater degree than in almost
any character Of fruit and is an inn
portant matter In the determination Of
the price ii brings in the market.
whether At home or abroad.
A gratifying thing fn connection
with the gathering Of this years crop
OF apples is the fact that the yield Is
better than anticipated would be the
case. and that the quality 10 superior
70 the general expectation. Although
the hail storm Of couple OF months
ago injured the fruit 60 considerable
extent, picking operations have shown
that it was not As disastrous rs was
believed at the time.
Although the apple crop in the i'm
mediate neighborhood Of Canon City
will probably not much. IL any. exceed
two hundred car loads this .ssson. ~
against three hundred and fifty car
loads last year, the fruit in general Is
larger. In short, IL superior In every
way and ~fll bring bettsr prices in the
naashet shsn ever before. due 10 il
Inherent qualities and to the partial
failure in some other SECTIONS Of The
country Il is essimss~d By >. ".
Woek. president Of the horticultural
society. that the fruit esd bsrry esuP
ofIsemcpt cAunsy this year viii reach
. value OF nearly esq. 900 the principal
source OF income, Of course. being
from applcs.
The season Of 1908 promises TO be the
bannerone from financial point OF
view In the history OF gardening and
horticulture in Fremont county, the
returns from these industries last year
being only about $3.50 900. From every
section OF the county where fruit il
cultivated the reports are for = good
crop. orchardi-ts on the Upper and
lower Beaver never had such heavy
production before and tie same con-
ditions exist among the rsschmen
on Hsrdscrnbble creek, where fruit
growing has heretofore been something
Of failure.
These conditions are not only true
OF apples. but Of nearly every variety
Of fruit grown in the Arkansas valley.
Never before have yineyaryiists been 40
successful in cultivAting = full crop Of
grapes a. they have this season. and
the yield In many instances has been
surprising. From now on. with each
successive year. the amount OF money
brought into Fremont county on sc-
count OF its horticultural products will
be greater. under normal conditions.
land hav ebeen planted TO fruit trees
the last two years, and these will bear
next season those planted later wi
produce in due course. making grad
ual increase In the crop for many
years to come.
Fruit, however, does not constitute
the sum total of Fremont county's
soil. The ranch prod is not by
any means insignificant and their own
er have made money the past season.
II Is stated on creditsble authority
that the value OF farm products of the
county for the yenr 1908 will be In the
aggregate almost As much ss
that of its fruits, making =
total of approximately $1,000
900 sccruing from its orchards and
farms Had II not been for the frosts
in May. which seriously damaged the
SIMMER apples, and the floods OF
August, which destroyed great guam
titles Of vegetables, the financial re-
turns TO the cultivators OF the soil In
the vicinity of Canon Oity would have
been even more exceptional. A thing
not A. widely known as II should be 10
the fact that Canon City 10 surrounded
with the largest and most productive
orchards In the state Of Colorado.
The Gibson Lumber company 10 hav-
ing the foundation for . large ware