Cañon City record., 1904-11-03

harvesting his crop during the last
week or ten days and Il 10 being put
into cold storage to awatt . more op- |
perfume time for placing II on the
market, which Capt. Rockafellow is
convinced will take an upward tendency
before the close of the present month.
Some of the orchardists have already
finished gathering their apples and
others will do so this week, thus avoid
ing all danger to the fruit from frost
and relieving the trees from burden
which they would be unable to support
in conjunction with the added weight
of heavy fall of snow.
Canon City people are so familiar
with the possibilities Of Colorado
apple orchard that any reference to the
quantity Of fruit taken from a given
number of trees would not surprise
them however great it might be. A
score Of instances might be cited OF the
fecundity of our orchards that would
ast onish eastern horticulturists, but we
shall not advert to them in this article,
although we cannot we'll refrain from
alluding to what may be accomplished
in this line by intelligent cultivation.
A case in point is that OF j. w. Work,
president of the Fremont Horticultural
Society, who has gathered fifteen humid
red bushels of marketable apples this
season from an orchard Of but little
over three acres in extent.
Individual trees have been reported
that have yielded no fewer than ten
barrels of apples, and. occasionally, a
patriarch Of the orchard is found, its
branches laden with as much as two
tons Of fruit. In all there are between
two and three hundred varieties OF
apples grown in the Canon City dis
trict only dozen or fifteen Of them,
however, have demonstrated their
superior qualities as . commercial pro-
duct. At the recent state fair at
Pueblo one hundred and twenty-five
varieties of apples were shown in the
Fremont county exhibit. and it is
assumed by those who have some
knowledge on the subject that but
little more than half of the number
we're displayed at the state fair. The
distinction which our Canon City fruit
received at Pueblo this fall was de-
served tribute to its worth, and was
highly complimentary 70 the skill OF
our horticulturists.
1 A gratifying thing in connection with
the apple crop this year is the fact that
there is brisk demand for 1t in the
Chicago, St. Louis and Missouri river
markets, which means that the superior
qualities Of our Colorado fruit 10 being
recognized by eastern buyers. large
amount Of Canon City apples have been
purchased by agents Of Chicago and
Kansas City dealers for the last hall
dozen years but never until this sea-
son have consignments been made BY
the growev 10 wholesalers in shoss:
cities. In size, color, flavor and keep
ing qualities the apples raised here will
cor psre favorsbly with those grown in
any part Of the country. Thsfs 10 .
noticeable Improvement in the pack
this season, which will still further sdd
to the demand for our apples By east
ern consumers.
From now on, with each successive
year, the amount Of money to be
brought into Fremont county on &C.
count Of its horticultural productions
will be GREATER. under normal con-
ditious, from the fact that many new
orchards have been started the last two
or three years. some Of which will come
into bearing next season those planted
later will produce in due course, max
ing gradual increase in the value Of
the crop for many years to come. The
result Of the apple picking now in pro-
gross sccentuates the fact that Canon
City 10 surrounded by the largest and
most productive orchard area In the
state of Colorado.
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