The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1913-07-24
CANON'S
ORCHARDS
SUPPLYING
WANTS OF
a STATES

from the Canon City district at pres
ent and a very large sum OF money is
coming into the community In conse-
quence OF it and is finding its way in
to general circulation. 1t is. OF course.
impossible to give the exact figures as
they have not been compiled, but 1t is
conservatively estimated that the val
ne of the shipments are between four
and FIVE thousand dollars a day.
Garden and orchard produce has
been going out at an almost unprece-
dented volume for the last seven or
eight weeks and will continue In q
somewhat decreasing amount through
out the summer. Prices. as a rule.
have been very good and the amount
OF cash these shipments have put into
the pockets of local orchardists and
gardeners since the first of June will
not much. If any. fall below one hun
dred thousand dollars.
The Globe Express company alone
during the month OF June carried out
OF Canon City more than five hundred
thousand pounds OF produce, equiya-
lent to twenty car loads OF twenty
four thousand pounds each During
the first four days last week the
charges on outgoing shipments OF the
Globe Express company here was in
excess Of eighteen hundred dollars. or
more than four hundred and fifty dol
lars a day. Grant Dickinson OF the
Wells Fargo Express company says
the charges on outgoing stun carried
by his company from Canon City have
been approximately two hundred and
fifty dollars day for the last fifty
days. Wednesday OF this week was a
busy day for the local employees OF
the Wells Fargo company when the
charges on fruit shipments from here
were three hundred and thirty-seven
dollars. Two or three other days,
however, the shipments were fully as
heavy and the income correspondingly
great.
A great variety OF produce is being
marketed by Canon City growers. al
though Strawberries. currants. goose
berries. raspberries. cherries. celery
and bunch vegetables which includes
spinach, lettuce, radishes. turnips.
onions, carrots, etc, have thus far
made the bulk of 1t, although the earl
Ter kinds OF apples have been coming
in at lively rate for the last week or
Shipments OF fruit from Canon City
find their way In large quantities to
Kansas, Texas and Oklahoma. as well
as to Colorado points and are every
where regarded as the standard OF ex-
cellence. The hot, dry weather in the
first three OF the states mentioned de-
stroyed to a very large extent the
fruit and berry crops of that section
OF the country and there has been a
rather exceptional demand for the
A. harQ
have proited by It, Some big con-
slgnments have been made TO the Kan
sas City market and other Missouri
river points. although the major part
of the vegetables and berries grown
here have found consumers nearer
home.
The cherry crop has been remark
ably satisfactory and has exceeded In
quantity and quality the most opti-
mistic estimates made by horticultur-
lists early In the spring. All varieties
Of cherries. where the trees were pro-
perly taken care of by growers, have
been very prolific this season and have
been OF splendid quality. The Early
Richmond variety brought growers on
an average something like one dollar
and a half a crate and the Osterheim-
ers two dollars crate. The Mont
morencies. which Is one OF the most
widely cultivated varieties OF cherries |