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The Colorado Experiment Station 
The 
Clifton District has 61.2% a 
pples, 
25.9% 
pears, 
11.8% 
peaches, 
and 1.1% other fruits. 
TABLE II.- 
—NUMBER OF ACRES OF ORCHARD 
FOR EACH DISTRICT IN 
GRAND 
VALLEY. 
f 
Valley 
Palisade 
Clifton Grand Jet. 
Fruita 
Loma 
Totals 
Apples . . . 
.. 520 
4,515 
2,010 
1,855 
1,350 
10,^50 
Pears .... 
. 350 
1,260 
650 
136 
4 
2,400 
Peaches .. 
. 2,375 
500 
80' 
44 
1 
3,000 
Plums, Cherries and Apricots... 78 
52 
42 
15 
3 
190 
Totals, All 
Fruits. 3,323 
6,327 
2,782 
2,050 
1,358 
15,840 
TABLE 
Ila.—NUMBER OF ACRES 
ORCHARD 
OF BEARING AGE 
FOR 
EACH 
DISTRICT. 
Valley 
Palisade 
Clifton Grand Jet. 
Fruita 
Loma 
Totals 
Apples . . . 
. 388 
3,750 
1,572 
1,530 
450 
7,690 
Pears .... 
. 190 
857 
481 
125 
1 
- 1,654 
Peaches . 
. 2,175 
463 
62 
43 
1 
- 2,744 
Plums, Cherries and Apricots 66 
47 
47 
10 
3 
- 173 
Totals, All 
Fruits. 2,819 
5,117 
2,162 
1,708 
455 
12,264 
Grand Junction has 62.2% apples, 30.9% pears, 4.8% peaches, 
and 2.1% other fruits. 
Fruita District has 86.1% apples, 9.1% pears, 3.6% peaches, 
and 1.2% other fruits. 
In the Foma District, 99% of all the fruit trees are apples,” 
.5% pears, .1% peaches, and .4% other fruits. 
From Table la, it is seen that 79% of all the peaches grown 
in the Valley are in the Palisade District, 54.3% of the pear trees, 
and 47.2% of the apple trees are in the Clifton District. The table 
also shows the Clifton District to contain 39.8% and the Palisade 
District 28.6% of all the fruit trees in the Valley. 
TABLE HI.—NUMBER CARS OF FRUIT SHIPPED BY FREIGHT FROM GRAND VAL¬ 
LEY FOR YEARS 1911 TO 1915 INCLUSIVE. 
5-Year 
1911 
1912 
1913 
1914 
1915 
' Total 
Apples ... 
. .1,253 
1,627 
813 
2,622 
145 
6,460 
Pears . 
212 
314 
228 
519 
55 
1,328 
Peaches . 
149 
1,336 
856 
1,302 
744 
4,387 
Mixed Fruits . 
86 
89 
121 
46 
378 
Valley Totals, All Fruits. . . . 
. . . 1,650 
3,363 
1,986 
4,564 
990 
12,553 
