The daily sentinel., 1914-06-22
BIGGEST CROP
IN HISTORY IS
EXPERT VIEW
Detailed Figures Made Public
Today; Whole Grand Valley
Prosperous.

TOUR thousand. two hundred
+ seventy cars of Grand valley fruit
this year is the estimate COM
piled by officials of the Rio Grande
railway, after series of talks with
local fruit growers, managers and
officials of the fruit associations and
other persons who are keeping close
tab Oh the coming crop.
These estimates. which are con
servative in every respect, have been
in the course of assuming definite
form for several weeks, but were not
made public until the order for the
refrigerator cars was placed several
days ago. The conservative estimate
of over 900 cars by the railroad
adds another link to the chain of evil
dence that the Grand valley has en-
tered a period of prosperity such as
it has never known before.
Various estimates have been made
in weeks past. but this estimate COM
piled as il is by weeks of careful la
Dor. indicates that the largest fruit
crop in the history OF the valley Will
be the result In past years the
records have nearly reached the
1000 car mark several times. but
this is the largest in the history of
the valley.
Careful estimates are obtained
from Grand Junction. Clifton, Pali-
sade, De Beque, Grand Valley Rifle
and Silt Indications at the present
time at the present time are that
Grand Junction will ship the most
fruit out of the valley, nearly 1000
cars will be loaded from the local
platform. Palisade comes next with
l. 200 cars. Clifton third with go
cars, Rifle fourth with 4T0 ears and
Grand Valley, Silt and De Beque
following in order
Apples and peaches form the bulk
of the crop. nearly 1000 cars of ap-
pies being shipped out, while peaches
will amount to over 200 cars.
Pears come third. potatoes fourth
and cantaloupes fifth.
Palisade will lead all other towns
in tho number of peaches shipped.
the estimate being 1,O20 cars, Cliff
tol following with 200. Grand juno
tion %, and Grand Valley 10.
OF the AIS cars of pears, Grand
Junction will ship 800 cars, Clifton
65. and Palisade, so. Clifton leads
all the rest of the valley in the pro-
duction of cants, shipping 20 cars.
with Grand Junction shipping 10.
Most of the apples of the valley
will pass through the local associa-
tion platforms, the estimates say that
1920 out of the crop will be shipped
from the local platform. Clifton
comes second with 335 cars. Palisade
lext with 35. and the rest making
minor shipments.
Rifle. however, leads all Others in
the spud crop and expects to make
shipment of 315 cars, while all the
other towns will ship few.
1t is interesting to note that the
most fruit will be shipped during
! September when l,56O cars VIII
leave the platforms. October comes
neXt with 400 and August with 665.
The grand total for the season as
estimated by the Rio Grande people
is ,255 cars of peaches, 4l5 cars of
pears, so cars of cants, 1890 cars OF
apples and $50 cars of spuds. The
estimate of G. S. Kelch. Western
Slope representative for the Ameri-
can Railway Transit people, estimat-
/ ed entirely separate from the local
officials, is as follows: 1870 cars of
peaches, 500 cars of pears, 100 cars
OF cantaloupes, | $40 cars of apples,
and 325 cars of potatoes, making a
Grand total of 4,135 cars, which is
practically the same as the other es-
: innate.