The daily tribune., 1909-03-13


shipped only few packages of celery
to the outside world Two years ago
only about two acres of celery was
grown in this part of the valley.
Last season there WAS about twenty
acres producing celery and the pro-
duct brought the growers from SiS.-
600 to $40 900.
That's pretty good increase for
to years and it shows what could be
done by systematic effort to develop
some of our resources that are laying
dorment.
Three whole carloads of celery in
addition to many hundreds of small
express shipments val ued at probably
sis, 900 or $40, 900. were shipped out
II the last few months. There was
big demand for the vegetable and
hundred more carloads could have
found ready market The demand
for celery by far exceeds the supply.
The celery was shipped to many
points in the North, East and South,
and few express shipments we're
made to California, where this vege.
table is annually grown on very
broad scale. The greater part was
shipped to Kansas, Oklahoma and
Texas. The latter state would glad
ly have taken the entire output.
EACH car was packed with about
800 dozen punches of celery and sold
at from $500 to $3.50 car In addi-
tion to this there were hundreds of
express shipments. some being sent
as far as Iowa and Illinois cities.
These express shipments varied in size
-I50 to 200 punches and the con-
signments were made daily for sew
eral weeks.
The celery business is not perish.
able one in the full meaning of the
word. OF course celery can be frozen
and perish in this manner, but it is
not like strawberries that require al.
most immediate shipment and market
or else sustain an enormous loss to
the owner. Therefore. the grower
has every chance of marketing his
product; If it is not done early in
the season. 1t is done later in the
year The season on this vegetable
runs from the first of July to the first
of January.
OF course the better prices are Sc
cured in the early season In July,
August and September the price is
much better than in the later months
of the year. The price ranges from
30 cents par dozen punches to as low
as % cents for the same amount AT
ter November first the ''pitted celery
is placed on the market, but the
price is not so high as that mar koted
earlier in the season. But a good
average price is paid the grower
and he realizes handsome net profit
on every acre he raises
The principal growers and the
number of acres thoy grew last year
are:
j. I. Calvert. 8 acres.
William Henley, 8 ncrss
Nelson and Co, acres.
A. G.. Galbraith, ; acres.
A. J. Wood, acres.
All Of them are located in Canon
City. There are several other grow.
ers on a smaller scale, but ID Is un.
derstood tliat most OF them nre so
we'll satisfied with the returns that
they will this year devote more space
to celery culture than in tie past.
Altogether there are about twenty
acres planted to celery IN the belt
Mr.. Calvert is said to have received
from 800 to 81 900 gross from his
acres and a not profit of from 800 10
$500 This cost includes labor In
the field, bleaching and wrapping
getting the product IN marketable !
tasteful or laborous, aud since the
vegetable can be buried In tho
ground, there need be no hurry for
marketing IT.. aud while 10 is so