Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-07-13
COLORADO, -,fRutT.
FRufr oRoweRs ARRANGE FoR
.--st1 FALL sHiPMgkTs.
CROP BREAKS ALL RECORDS
Estimated At Five Thousand Carloads
Hundreds Of Thousands Of Trees
Planted in Colorado Every Year
viii Soon Be Banner Fruit State.

pianteo IN Colorado Every YEAR
viii Soon Be Banner Fruit State.
Denyer.-Arrangeme are being
completed by the Western Slope Fruit
Growers Association. which Is holding
Its meetings in Denver. for the ship
ping Of the biggest fruit crop that Colo.
RADIO has ever known. The total
amount shipped out Of the state will be
5000 cars. caiifornia's. Missoari's and
Miehigan's banner years have been g..
900 cars. The frui, men declare that
next year caiifornia's record will be
eauaisd. and the following year. with
trees in the condition they now are.
Colorado will be the foremost fruit
shipping state Of the Union.
Al the head OF the fruit growers In
John =. Moore Of the Grand Junction
Fruit Growers Association. the pio-
nser frui,man OF the western slope.
Others who have been In attendance
nj the meetings are: T.. J. Dalton Of
the ffuita Fruit Growcrs' Association.
George 8. Conklin OF the Delta Fruit
Growers Association. ". II. Garyin OF
the Paonia Fruit Growers Association.
Robert HALEY Of the Montrosc asSocia.
tion. Clarence Nelson OF Nelson Broth
ers. PaoniA commission men: II. ID.
foy. the fruit growers eastern agent
at Omaha: George Granger. Wholesale
dealer from Lincoln. Nebraska: Don
Campbell Of Fort Worth. Texas. and
Lyman Shouis. general freight agent
Ut tho Chicago. St. Paul. Minneapolis
& Omaha railway.
Each summer tho fruit growers
ranscmcnis with the Colorado Midland
and nSnvcr 4 Rio Grandc from the
western slope to Colorado common
points and thence eastward.
Tho business east from Colorado
common points-Dcnvcr. Pueblo and
Colorado SprinHs-will be divided be-
tween the various roads runnin. be-
tween Colorado and tho Missouri river.
Rates satisfactory to both parties In
almost every instance have been Sc
cured. The railroads have recognized
the importance of the fruit shipments
and their unparalleled Increase and
have granted rates corresponding to
the Importance OF the business.
I'VE are prosperous. more so than
ever BEFORE" said John Moore. In tell.
Ing Of Colorndo's wonderful crop for
this year. "Tcn years nEo there was
not enough fruit over my way to shake
n stick ut. Now We ind that all the
big roads Of the country are being
hard put to II to md cars enough to
ship II for US.
'Thc western slope will ship 5000
cars Of apples. peaches and pears this
season. Thk apple crop Is n little light.
The peaches and pears are unprecc-
dcntcd. You never saw anything like
II. Our biggest year before this was
1901. when We shipped $500 cars. Last
year was little OF. and We only
shipped 5000 cars. With the new trees
that have been planted and that are
fast commencing to bear We shall
equal the record of tho greatest decidu'
Gus fruitshipping states. California.
Missouri and Michigan, In two years.
"Why, do you know that In the little
Grand valley. which is only eighteen
miles long. 100000 trees were set out
in 1901. 100000 more last year. and
100000 have been planted this year?
Do you realize what that will mean in
three or four years from now? It will
mean that Colorado will be the great
est fruit.shipping state OF the country.
california ships more peaches and
pears than VIC do now. Missouri ships
more apples. Georgia and Michigan
ship more peaches. But the output OF
those state has been increasing only
slightly when compared to the trcmen-
dous gain that Colorado has made in
the past five years."