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The Colorado Experiment Station 
Apple Harvest in Grand Valley. 
length and extends from about 2 miles above Palisade to an equal 
distance w*est of Loma. In width it varies from less than a mile 
at Palisade to about 5 miles at a point about midway between Clif¬ 
ton and Grand Junction. The total area of land within these limits 
is about 75,000 acres. The elevation of the Valley varies from 
4,500 to about 4,800 feet. Nearly every orchard in the Valley was 
visited and the owner or tenant interviewed personally. Altogether 
about 1,800 places were listed. 
PERCENTAGE OF LAND SET TO FRUIT WITHIN 
LIMITS OF SURVEY ~ 
Nearly all of the bearing orchards of the Valley, except on 
Orchard Mesa, southeast of Grand Junction, and a few scattering 
orchards, are planted north of the river. The percentage which is 
planted to fruit trees between the river and the highest irrigation 
canal on the north is, approximately, 70% in the Palisade District, 
56% in the Clifton District, 20% in the Grand Junction District, 
12% in the Fruita District, and 13% in the Loma District. The 
