A Fruit Survey of Mesa County 27 
NUMBER CARS OF FRUIT SHIPPED FROM GRAND VALLEY FOR YEARS 1911 TO 
1915 INCLUSIVE AND NUMBER FROM EACH SHIPPING POINT. 
TABLE Ilia.—APPLES. 
1911 
Palisade . 138 
Clifton . 258 
Grand Junction . 645 
Fruita . 212 
Loma ... 
Valley Totals, by Years. 1,253 
TABLE 
1911 
Palisade . 19 
Clifton . 56 
Grand Junction . 137 
Fruita. 
. Valley Totals, by Years. 212 
X . 
5-Year 
1912 
1913 
1914 
1915 
Total 
73 
117 
117 
51 
' 496 
405 
226 
861 
30 
1.780 
760 
412 
1,307 
64 
3,188 
389 
58 
336 
• • • 
995 
... 
1 
. . . 
1 
.,627 
813 
2,622 
v \ 
145 
6,460 
).—PEARS. 
5-Year 
1912 
1913 
1914 
1915 
Total 
22 
36 
36 
24 
137 
97 
74 
198 
6 
431 
193 
118 
285 
25 
758 
2 
• • • 
. . . 
•2 
314 
228 
519 
55 
1,328 
TABLE IIlc.—PEACHES. 
5-Year 
1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 Total 
Palisade . 138 989 851 1.091 733 3,802 
Clifton .. 10 215 3 168 ... 396 
Grand Junction . 1 131 2 43 11 188 
Fruita. 1 ... ... ... 
Valley Totals, by Years. 149 1,336 856 1,302 744 4,387 
TABLE Illd.—MIXED FRUITS. 
v 5-Year 
1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 Total 
Palisade. 17 25 81 58 45 226 
Clifton. 25 2 34 ... 61 
Grand Junction . 19 36 6 29 1 91 
Valley Totals, by Years. 36 86 89 > 121 46 378 
Valley Totals by Yrs., All Fruits 1,650 3,363 1,986 4,564 . 990 12,553 
APPLES '* , 
The apple has been grown commercially in Grand Valley for 
only about 25 years, although much of the Valley is especially 
adapted to its culture. It was here that Colorado apples first came 
into prominence, and this section of the country was one of the 
first to adopt the box pack for apples. The fruit developed won¬ 
derfully and so far surpassed eastern fruit that the .sale for it was 
practically unlimited. The prices obtained were very good, and 
the pioneemapple growers reaped rich returns for a few years. 
* Soon there was a mad rush into the business. All kirids of 
trees were planted under all kinds of conditions. Nurserymen sold 
badly mixed Up lot’s of frees, and the restilt was that over 150 
varieties were grown in the Valley. There are still over 100 varie- 
