Orchard Survey of Fremont County 
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[y and producing crops, an eloquent testimony of soil fertility and the 
j leral suitableness of the district for fruit growing. The higher lands, 
bench lands, which have come under cultivation during the last twenty- 
! ’■e years, are, on the whole, better adapted to fruit growing than the land 
I the valley. 
I The superiority of bench land is due, primarily, to better air and soil 
i ainage. The soil of the bench land is derived from the adjacent hills 
; id rock formations and is of medium heavy character. It is quite uni- 
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