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The native varieties are hardier and succeed under less favorable 
conditions. Plums should be set 18 to 20 feet apart and given about 
the same cultural treatment as peaches. 
TABLE VII.—PRINCIPAL VARIETIES OF PLUMS AND PRUNES, WITH PERCENT¬ 
AGE GROWN IN EACH DISTRICT AND IN ENTIRE VALLEY. 
Entire 
Variety Palisac 
1. Satsuma. 29.3 
2. Italian Prune . 12.8 
3. Burbank . 10.5 
4. Agen (French Prune). 
5. Wild Goose . 3.0 
6. Hungarian Prune. 9.5 
7. Red June. 5.8 
8. All others (15 varieties). 29.1 
Totals . . . . . 100.0 
Clifton 
Grand Jet. 
Fruita 
Valley 
17.2 
19.0 
2.9 
19.5 
26.5 
15.0 
12.4 
18.2 
9.4 
6.7 
15.0 
9.4 
3.9 
9.4 
4.5 
7.2 
2.5 
8.1 ' 
30.5 
6.5 
4.5 
1.7 
• • . • 
4.6 
2.2 
5.8 
.... 
4.0 
33.8 
34.3 
34.7 
30.6 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
TABLE VIII.—PRINCIPAL VARIETIES OF APRICOTS, WITH PERCENTAGE FOR 
Variety 
Newcastle . 
Royal . 
Miscellaneous and unknown. 
AND FOR 
ENTIRE 
VALLEY. 
Entire 
Palisade 
Clifton 
Grand Jet. 
Fruita 
Valley 
. 38.0 
3.6 
1.4 
• • • 
24.8 
. 18.0 
19.0 
19.0 
41.5 
19.8 
. 13.5 
0.7 
8.7 
• > • 
8.7 
7.3 
. . . 
• . . 
• • . 
4.7 
. 23.2 
76.7 
70.9 
58.5 
42.0 
. 100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
APRICOTS 
Only about 3,600 apricot trees are grown in Mesa County, and 
nearly two-thirds of them are in the Palisade District. They are 
not very popular with the fruit growers, although it is difficult to 
understand why they are not grown more extensively. 
Apricots thrive under about the same conditions as are re¬ 
quired by the peach, although they are somewhat more discrimin¬ 
ating*. They need about the same care as the peach. Apricots are 
not very well known by the growers, as to variety, consequently, 
nearly one-third of the apricots were listed as unknown varieties. 
Of those known varieties the leading ones were Montgamet, 24.8% ; 
Moorpark, 19.8% ; Newcastle, 8.7% ; Royal, 4.7%. The miscellan¬ 
eous and unknown varieties constitute the remaining 42%. 
CHERRIES 
Grand Valley has about 30 varieties of cherries, comprising ap¬ 
proximately 1,300 trees. Palisade leads in the number of trees, 
followed by Clifton and Grand Junction. 
Comparatively few cherries are grown in the western part of 
the Valley, the conditions here being too severe for their proper 
development. Many varieties of cherries are grown the names of 
