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ten miles from Grand Junction, is the famous Elberta 

 peach section, which has shipped 1,000 cars of peaches 

 in a single season. 



The Grand Valley did not escape inflation. In fact, 

 difficulties with irrigation systems and outcropping of 

 alkali have brought this district its full share of troubles. 

 In recent years the codlin-moth has become a most serious 

 menace. In one respect, however, notably proximity to 

 markets, Colorado has the advantage of states farther west. 

 It is particularly adapted to the growing of Jonathan 

 apples, which comprise nearly a third of its production. 

 Winesap, Gano, Ben Davis, Missouri Pippin, and Rome 

 Beauty are among the other important varieties. The 

 northwest box is used almost exclusively for the packed 

 fruit, although bulk shipments figure more prominently in 

 Colorado than in any other of the leading western apple 

 states. Cooperative marketing has been an important 

 factor in the development of this district. 



The western slope of Colorado includes two other apple 

 districts, one in Delta and the other in Montrose County, 

 both of less importance than the Grand Valley. In Delta 

 County the apple acreage is in Gunnison Valley, with 

 heaviest plantings at Hotchkiss and Paonia. The Uncom- 

 pahgre, a branch of the Gunnison, supplies water for the 

 orchard plantings in Montrose County which centers about 

 the town of Montrose. Both of these districts are irri- 

 gated and conditions conform largely to those given for 

 the Grand Valley. Varieties are very much the same, 

 although less attention is given to other fruits. 



On the eastern slope, the Canyon City district in Fre- 

 mont County, along the Arkansas Valley, is the only other 

 apple section of importance in the state. A distinctive 



