2 BULLETIN 500, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGBICULTUBE. 



The data here presented were obtained through detailed studies 

 of the orchard practices of 125 representative apple growers, 49 of 

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Ftg. 1.— Map showing location of the western Colorado fruit districts (shaded areas) where the 

 investigation was conducted. 



Montrose County. Orchards were chosen with a view to getting a 

 representative average, extremes in size being avoided and effort 

 being made to pick only such as were fairly comparable in acreage 

 and development. Data were secured from each grower as to the 



