The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1914-01-01
IS ROOM
FOR GREAT
EXPANSION

the pioneer fruit growing district in
Colorado, and years of experience has
proven IL TO be one OF the best and
most reliable producers, there is still
room here for great expansion Of
the horticultural industry. There are
available for fruit raising large tracts
of fertile land short distance of the
city that are destined With ma few
years to be devoted to orchards and
an intensive cultivation on which viii
be grown a large variety OF small
fruits and berries.
The adaptibility OF this land for
horticulture has been proven beyond
question and its remunerativeness
when so cultivated is equally well es
tablished. The demand for such prop
erty is rapidly increasing and will
continue to grow in the public es-
TEEN as an investment as the years
20 on. Never in the history OF this
country ha sthere been such a desire
TO possess land as there is at pres
ent. for as capital accumulates it be-
comes more and more a purchaser Of
real property.
The splendid geographical location
of the Canon City district and Fre-
mont county. coupled with the un-
equaIled climate Of this portion OF the
Arkansas valley and its excellent rail-
here easier and more profitable than
In any other part of the state. The
fact that more than two hundred va
rieties of apples. to say nothing OF the
wonderful productiveness of the cher
ries. piums and other fruits. or of
berries of various kinds. grow to per-
fection here proclaims this to be one
CT the most favorable horticultural
ftcIlOnS Oh lnlttu otAltS-
More than a million and a quarter
collars worth OF orchard and garden
products are grown tnd marketed
here every year and the industry is
only in its infancy SO far as its pos
sibiiities are concerned.
Nowhere in the irrigation portion
of the west is water so sure and n
bundant; nowhere is the climate so
advantageous for horticulture and
nowhere are the markets for the sale
of fruits so accessible as here. Forty
years Of experience has demonstrated
that conditions here. natural and ar
tificiai. are peculiarly adapted to fruit
growing. and. they must inevitably
prove. rather than diminish. in the
future. Only recently representatives
of the Santa Fe railroad company
told orchardists and gardeners here
that there was a request in the cities
and towns along the line of their road
for all Of the fruit that could be grown
here and they promised to transport
!. to market at preferential freight
rate. There Is much encouragement
in the outlook for the fruit growing
business In this district and in this
county and the expansion OF the in
dustry is sure to take place at an ac-
celebrated speed from year to year.
Colorado apples have recently been
declared by experts of the Depart
ment of Agriculture at Washington
TO be the best in the United States.
and. as the products OF the orchards
of the Canon City district have for
years taken the prizes at the state
fair and fruit shows OF the state 1t IL
fair to assume that the apples growa
here are superior in essential charac-
teristics to those Of any other por-
tion OF the country. The prospect for
the orchard growing industry in this
district has never been more allnring
than II is now, and looking forward
to the years to come. horticulturists
see much for encouragement and con-
graduation.
From Horticultural Inspector a. s..