The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1913-07-03
PRODICAL
FRIUT CROPS
ON PARK
CENTER

small fruits began to ripen and find
their way to market? If not you can
have but very inadequate idea OF
how generous and prodigal Pomona
has been this year in the distribution
of her riches among the orchardists
and gardeners OF that delightful lit
tie community. You who have the
leisure and the opportunity for such
an outing should drive out to the
ranches OF Park Center and other
suburbs north of town and see for
yourselves the evidences of material
prosperity they exhibit on every hand.
Such a trip to most of you would be
a revelation and would be well worth
while.
Half a score or more members (
the Canon City Business Mems asso-
citation and few special friends mo-
tored out there this morning at the
instance OF A. X. Nelson and we're af-
forded glimpses OF fruit and flowers
as fair as any OF those that graced the
Garden OF Eden in those happy days
before the fall OF man from the high
estate in which he was born. II was
impossible for the party this morning
20 visit all OF the ranches on Park
Center, although there were none
whose beauty did not invite the in
spection OF its members. A stop,
however, of half an hour was made at
the place OF Mrs. Hattie McClanna-
han at the extreme upper end of the
village in order that view might be
had OF the cherry orchard it contain
ed and OF the methods employed there
in picking and preparing the fruit for
market.
Mrs. McClannahan, who has owned
the place for eight or ten years. has
what is, perhaps, one OF the most
carefully cultivated and productive
fve-aere ranches in the Canon City
district, makes her home during the
greater par. OF the year at Corydon.
Iowa, where she is employed as
bookkeeper for a large mercantile
concern. During her annual vacation
she comes here to superintend the
gathering OF the fruit and see that II
is sold at the proper time In order
that the best returns may be had. She
arrived here from the east Tuesday
afternoon Of this week and will re-
main for a month to direct the har.
vesting OF her fruit crop. A more
energetic, Intelligent woman than Mrs
McClannahan can not easily be imag
ined and the splendid triumph she has
achieved as a horticulturist has moi
been wholly the result of any luck
or good fortune, indeed, her skill and
business-like qualities have been the
principal factor in her success.
Every year since the property cam
into Mrs. McClannahan's possession
and been under her management she
has had a remuneratiye crop OF fruit
TO harvest and has made the most OF
it by selling II in the best markets. OF
the fve acres in the ranch only two
contain bearing trees. although the
rest of II has been set to orchard that
gives promise OF great productivene5s
in the course of the next few years
The two acres from which a revenue
has been derived for a decade or more
are intensively cultivated and con-
tain, in addition to fruit trees OF vari-
ous kinds, all sorts OF berries and
fruit producing bushes. There are
grown on the place apples. cherries
pears, plums. grapes. currants, goose
berries. raspberries and other mark
etabie fruits too numerous to men
tion.
Two years ago Mrs. McCiannahan
sold from two acres in question fruit
and other produce to the value ol
twenty-one hundred and thirty-fvs
dollara. and expects 10 do fully af