The daily sentinel., 1908-02-11
BRANDENBURG
GIVES BOOST
One Of the Best Written Articles on Colorado Fruit Indus
Try Ever Given Publication Many Local Instances
Of Remarkable Production Cited

One of the strongest articles on the
fruit industry of Colorado in general
and the Grand valley in particular,
appeared in recent issue of The
Daily Mining Record, published IN
Denver. The article was written by
W. o. Brandenburg, of the Colorado
State Commercial Association. 1t was
displayed under these headlines:
Colorado Fruit Growers Are Pick
fng Fortunes from the Trees. Colo
RADIO Apples Capture Market. Prof.
". C. Brandenburg Writes of For
tunes That are Made. One Ten-acre
Orchard Has Made Its Owner Rich in
Ten Years. and There are Others" Z"
The article is well worth repub-
fishing. 1t will do this valley a great
amount of good. The Mining Record
has circulation running way up into
the thousands. The article follows:
That Colorado is entitled to take
an eminent place in the leading fruit
growing states of the Union, so far as
quality is concerned, is readily attest
ed by the fact that at the leading in
ternational fairs and expositions held
during the last two decades Colorado
fruits have been awarded more prizes
than were awarded other states
or foreign countries in the same var
ieties of fruit in which she entered
for competition.
AS further proof of the quality, the
leading cities of the union from coast
to coast are annually demanding
greater quantities of Colorado fruit
and are willing to pay fancy prices
for the same. 1t Is not unusual for
the best of eastern grown quality to
go begging at prices that are from
one-third to one-half that of Colo
RADIO grown, when the same are to be
had.
A leading commission merchant of
Chicago was asked why this was true,
and he said from the standpoint of
fruit dealer there were two points
cf superiority found in the Colorado
brand that commended it especially
tn the favor of both consumer and
dealer; pea, three: Flavor, keeping
quality and color.
Any fruit no matter what the
other good points as to keeping and
color may be, must possess high
flavor. Leading horticultural experts
IN all sections of the world agree that
Colorado fruit takes very high rank
In this regard. AS evidence of this,
Werner q. Reed. the well known cap
italist of Colorado Springs, while Wis
iting in France, had some Colorado
apples sent him. He gave one to the
recognized leader among the scien-
tific horticulturalists of the French
republic, who pronounced it superior
TO any he had ever eaten and un-
hesiIs tingly said he believed in some
way it had been "doped" and to corr
vince himself to the contrary actually
had a chemical analysis of the fruit
made in his own laboratory.
The second point of excellence is
Keeping quality. Unless fruit will
''stand up well it is not likely to
find its way to the best markets of
the country, and will never gain en-
trance to foreign ports. At the Louis
fana Purchase Exposition it was
found that apples grown in the val
leys of the higher attitudes of Colo
rado kept several week longer than
any others on exhibition. Govern
ynent Pomologists explain that in the
mountain soil of Colorado there is a
blending in mineral deposits more
uniform than is to be found in near
~ any other part of the country.
This, coupled with the peculiar eli
matte conditions, obtaining in the
Centennial state conspire to give the
apple a quality that makes it a su-
perior keeper and adding irrigation
applying the water at the time
most vitally needed-the flavor, size,
color and general character of our
fruit is so developed that it is in a
class distinctly of it's own.
Th = longevity of the bearing age
~ the tree Is an important factor
among horticulturalists. In none of
the fruit bearing districts of the
Union have trees attained the same
size. age and produced so heavily and
constantly as in this state.