Cañon City record., 1911-07-13
SOME BIG YIELDS REPORTED
BY LOCAL GROWERS

The crop of Early Richmond cher
ries in the Canon City district this
year, the marketing of which is now
about over, has been a more than or
dinarily prolific and profitable one. The
demand for them was exceptionally
brisk by dealers in all of the larger
centers of population in this state. as
we'll as in Kansas, and growers here
reaped the benefits of the scarcity else
where In better prices than common.
The drouth and hot weather in the
Missouri river states during May and
June injured the cherry crop OF that
section very seriously and consumers
of such fruit in Kansas City, Omaha.
Topeka and a score of other large
towns in that territory made requisi-
ton on growers of Colorado. who. like
the farmers of ancient Egypt when
famine was abroad in the land, had a
surplus to sell.
good many new orchards have
come into bearing here this season.
particularly on Lincoln park. and they
have made excellent showing for their
owners. The old orchards have like
wise done well and some phenomenal
yields have been reported from Indi-
vidual trees; the income from which
1t will be difficult to credit by those
unfamiliar with the financial value
of Canon City cherry tree. For In
stance, r w. Jones. who lives on Lin
coin park. picked thirteen crates of
Early Richmond cherries from one
tree on his place, which he sold to
the Fremont County Fruit Growers
association for twenty-one dollars and
fclty-fiye cents. Mr.. Jones marketed
his cherries and got one dollar and six
ty-fse cents a crate for them in con-
sequence. Gus Stromberger has sew
eral cherry trees on his ranch on Elm
avenue. Lincoln park. that produced
him this year twelve crates each. or
something like twenty dollars a tree;
which would not have been considered
a bad crop even In the Garden OF Eden.
Cherry trees producing a crop that
returned their owners as much as
fifteen dollars. are not uncommon.
while ten dollar trees are of frequent
occurrence In every part ofthe Canon
City district We have been inform
ed OF three trees that brought their
owner a revenue OF ffty-four dollars
and numerous individual trees that
yielded n crop. the income from which
would purchase an excellent suit OF
clothing. There is. perhaps. no place
in the Rocky Mountain region where
cherries do better. OF bring their
growers more remunerative prices.
than they do in the Canon City dis
trict. The Fremont County Fruit
Growers association is today paying
orchardists two dollars crate for
the osthemier cherry. which is one Of
the finest fruits of its kind produced
anywhere in the United States. The
cherry growing industry in this dis
trict is yet In its infancy. but is des-
tined TO expand as its profits become
more generally understood.
The growing of beans for the Den
yer and Colorado Springs markets is
becoming an important one with Canon
City gardeners and splendid money
has been made in that way this
year. Local growers began placing
them on the market at fourteen cents
pound, then at twelve and a half
cents and SO on down to the present
price, which is four cents n pound.
At the higher figures it was like find
ing money under bridge and some
nice bank accounts were started by
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