The daily sentinel., 1907-05-16

ly every trult growing state Oh lne
union. Idaho, one or two other stat
es of the northwest, and Oklahoma
are about the only states of the west,
southwest and northwest that will
have a fair fruit crop. of some classes.
Naturally this shortage will have a
tendency to make better prices for
what fruit there will be on the mark
ct and especially for the far-famed
and much-mentioned Colorado fruit
that will be supplied by Mesa county"
Our Own Prices.
When asked what prices we could
expect to get for our fruit this year
Mr.. Moore said: "Just about what
ever prices we ask. We are bound
to get big prices. With the short
crops will come the very highest quail
ity of the product and these two
things will bring in top notch prices. ="
This Sounds Good.
MIR. MOORE MAKES THE PRE-
DICTIoN THAT 600 CARS OF OUR
FRUIT SHIPPED FROM THIS VAL
LEY THIS SEASON WILL BRING
TO THE GROWERS AS MUCH MON
Ely AS 1000 CARS OF FRUIT SHIP
PED LAST SEASON.
LAST YEAR 1000 CARS OF FRUIT
BROUGHT IN ABOUT $70O.00O.O0:
coo CARS WILL DOUBTLESS
BRING IN THAT MUCH THIS YEAR
CONSEQUENTLY WITH A SHORT
CROP THIS YEAR, SAY 80 PER
CENT, THE GROWERS WILL GET
IN AS MUCH MONEY AS THEY
WOULD HAVE ON A SO PER CENT
CROP WITH LAST SEASONS PRIC-
ES PREVAILING.
State VIII Use All Peaches
| Mr f,f
man that 1t was pretty nearly GER
tain that the state markets, the Dem
yer and other Colorado markets will
! buy up all of our available shipping
peach crop this year. He states that
he expects to shortly inform the out
Of the-state commission men of this
| fact, telling them that in all proba-
bility there Will be but few Grand
valley peaches to be shipped out of
the state However" said Mr..
Moore. " WE WILL HAVE LOTS OF
APPLES AND PEARS TO SHIP TO
MARKETS OUTSIDE OF THE
! STATE"
| Peach Crop Hurt Worst.
| Asked regarding the extent of the
damage done by the series of freezes
to the various classes or varieties of
fruit Mr.. Moore stated that the peach
/ crop in the valley suffered the worst.
the apple crop came second in point
of damage done, while the pear crop
was the least hurt.
There will be but few Elberta
peaches in the valley this season, not
20 per cent Elberta peach CROP .
/ said Mr.. Moore. Nearly every variety
of peaches suffered extensively.
The Apple Situation
With the apples" said Manager
glaa
the worst. There will be fair crop
of the Jonathans, of the Roman Beau
ties and the Genetens there will prob
ably be full crop, while the Ben
Davis and the Ganos will make the
next best showing" There will be a
good apple crop but the pear crop will
be biggest of ALL"
Mr.. Moore, what section of the
valley do you think. will make the
best showing this year?" was asked
Fruit Ridge Best Showing.
Well taking everything into con-
sideration | believe that the Fruit
Ridges, owing to their altitude. will
make the best showing of any paEtic-
ular section. Almost full crops will
be taken from some of those or
chards."
Orchard Mesa was in fine shape
until the freeze a few days ago and
then good deal of damage was done,
but Orchard Mesa will make a good
showing though.
The lower valley west of the Grand
Junction district, is practically knock
ed clear out. There will be but lit
tie fruit there of any kind. according
TO the statements of leading lower
valley growers and according to our
own Investigations.
The other sections of the valley are
hurt more or less, but l believe that
they VIII bring up an average of 25 t6
80 per cent of a full crop. Fruitvale
Is not hurt as badly as first report
The last Freezes Work
In speaking of the freeze here
Gays ago, on Friday night, Mr.. Moore
declares that as far as can be learn
ed much damage was done to the ap-
pies and peaches but that the pears
were not hurt. He states that the
STRAWBERRIES suffered severely from
this last freeze. Remarkable to
state, said Mr. Moore tbfo tast