A Fruit Survey oe Mesa County 
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structed from the tables, showing graphically what the latter con¬ 
tain. These are very easily interpreted. Their method of con¬ 
struction is as follows: Suppose we want to show the number of 
fruit trees in each district of the Valley. Heavy perpendicular 
lines at regular intervals are chosen to represent the districts, these 
being arranged in order from left to right. Thus, the left line rep¬ 
resents the Palisade District, the next one the Clifton District, etc. 
(See Diagram 1.) Next, horizontal lines are selected to represent 
the number of trees. The figures at the right of the sheet show the 
number represented. Referring, now, to Table I we find that the 
Palisade District contains 416,500 trees. (Total in right-hand col¬ 
umn.) At a point on the left perpendicular equal to this number 
a mark is made. The same is done for the other districts, the mark 
on the second line being made at 578,625; the third at 217,350; the 
fourth at 150,575, and the fifth at 89,550. These points are then 
connected by a solid line which represents the total number of fruit 
trees in each district of the Valley. To represent the number of 
trees of each fruit the same method is used, the only difference be¬ 
ing that different kinds of connecting lines are used, in order to 
be easily distinguishable from each other. A “key” is given on 
the diagrams to show what each line represents. In some cases, 
the lines are also lettered for greater facility of interpretation. By 
studying and comparing the tables and diagrams, much interesting 
information may be obtained. We have endeavored to present this 
information in the way easiest to comprehend. 
Contents oe Tables and Diagrams 
To prevent confusion, the diagrams are numbered the same as 
the tables from which they are constructed. There are, conse¬ 
quently, several numbers missing, as some tables have no diagrams 
corresponding to them. 
Table I, Page 25.—This table shows the number of trees of the 
different fruits for each separate fruit district, and for the Valley 
as a whole; also the total number of fruit trees of all kinds for 
each district, and the total of all fruit trees in the Valley. 
Table la.—An adaptation of Table I to show the percentage 
of all trees of each fruit contained in each district. The same is 
shown for the Valley as a unit. For example, we see that of the 
apple trees of the Valley, the Palisade District has 5.7%, the Clif¬ 
ton District, 47.2%, etc. Thus, it is clearly seen where any fruit 
is grown most extensively. 
. Table II, Page 26.—Shows the number of acres of orchards in 
each district in the Valley. 
