A PRELIMINARY REPORT 
ON THE 
FRUIT INTERESTS OF THE STATE. 
By CHARLES S. CRANDALL. 
The year just closing has been a successful one among 
the fruit growers of Colorado. The experiences of the 
year have furnished practical demonstration of the fact 
that extended areas in different portions of the State are 
especially adapted to fruits. Crops have been large, ready 
markets have been found within our own borders, and 
prices have been generally satisfactory. Growers have 
shown a creditable pride in the exhibition of their pro¬ 
ducts at the various fairs. The exhibits have been large, 
and the quality and beauty of the fruits shown has made 
it clear to all observers that the future possibilities of fruit 
growing are most flattering. 
The success attained in this and the three or four pre¬ 
ceding seasons has encouraged preparations for the en¬ 
largement of existing plantations, and many men who 
have been in doubt as to the possibility of raising fruit 
are now setting their first orchards. The area of 
orchards planted in 1890 was large, that of 1891 still 
larger, and the indications are that The planting for 1892 
will be the largest in the history of fruit planting in the 
State. 
The men. whose names now appear in the lists of 
exhibitors gt fairs are the pioneers—men who are now 
reaping the reward of that faith which, several years ago, 
