The daily sentinel., 1908-01-09

er paid out to the growers in a sin
gle day for apples and pears, in any
fruit raising section in the world.
was $4,000 paid out on November
s. 1907, by the Grand Junction Fruit
Growers Association for 42,420 box
es of apples and pears, constituting g
only a small portion of the sea-
sons crop.
The Grand Junction Fruit Grow
ers' Association paid its growers in
round numbers $4,000 for 81 cars
of cantaloupes shipped during Sep
tember and October. while the grow
ers of the far-famed Rocky Ford can
taloupes in the Rocky Ford (Colo.l
district received that amount for $50
car loads of the Rocky Ford product
During the entire season the Grand
Valley cantaloupe brought in SOC to
81 more per crate than was received
for the Rocky Ford or any other can
| taloupe placed on the Chicago or New
| York markets.
For peach shipments the associa-
tion has secured the top notch prices
In every instance, out-distanciLg ev-
cry competitor from every district
The instances cited above are only
few of many. Every record price
for pears, for apples, for peach and
cantaloupe shipments were smashed
to smithereens this season by the
Grand Junction Association.
BY the way. inspite of the remark
able prices secured for the famed
Grand Valley fruit, 1t is interesting
to note that nobody has ever yet lost
money on a shipment of Grand VAL
I ley fruit purchased through the local
association.
The fame and popularity of the
Grand Valley fruit has not only
spread from sea to sea but has
crossed the sea. Our fruit has made
its way into the very heart of the IA
nous apple, pear and peach raising
districts of America and other coun-
tries, and has been in every case in
greater demand and commanded big
ger and better prices than the best
quality of the home product of these
particular sections.
A single box, holding about one
bushel, of Grand Junction apples,
brings more in New York City today
than whole barrel (three bushels)
of good New York apples.
In 1906 3S cars were shipped into
California, 10 into Illinois. IS to In
dian Territory, 76 to Iowa, "a to
Kansas. so to Louisiana, IL to Mary
land, Is to Massachusetts. SO to Min
nesota, 81 to Missouri, ~ to Nebras-
ka, 76 to New York. Is to Oklahoma,
2S to Pennsylvania. 46 to South Da-
kota. eos to Texas, and 12 to Wis
consln. Any fruit man knows that
every one of these states numbers
fruit raising among its leading indus
tries, yet Grand valley furnished a
great bulk of the fruit. In 1906
Grand Valley fruit was shipped into
&c states and into several foreign
countries. During 1907 Grand VAL
ley fruit was shipped into at least
80 different states and into Mexico.
Canada. England and to other for
eign countries.
There is no question but what the
Grand Junction Fruit Growers As
most luscious. most substantial and
the prettiest fruit of the temperate
zone class around the world.
The cnormity of the crop handled
the fact that in 1906 the association
handled fruit amounting to twice as
much as the entire fruit crop of the
state of Utah. and the Mormon state
successfully.
Just a word regarding the general
commission business outside of the
fruit handling business done by the
association, and upon which hand
some profits are realized for the as
sociation.
During 1906 nearly 300 cars of
supplies and merchandise were
brought in and sold by the associa-
tion and the sales along this line
amounted to about s25O,OOO.
In spite of the low commission rate
of per cent charged the growers
for handling and selling their crops,
tho association has always heen able
to pay handsome dividends each year
on the stock, last year paying II
per cent on the dollar in cash. This
year the dividend will be even great