FRUIT INTERESTS OF THE STATE. 
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several years conducted a nursery business. Mr. Hoag 
now has eleven acres of orchard, containing 550 apple 
trees of several varieties, twenty-seven varieties of plums, 
six of cherries, six of pears, besides a number of seedlings 
of various kinds. 
Mr. J. S. McClelland, of Fossil Creek, began planting 
in 1876. His orchard now covers fortv acres and contains 
4,000 trees. He has ninety-two varieties of apples, twenty 
of crabs, twenty-one varieties of plums and about fifty 
varieties of grapes. A considerable portion of Mr. McClel¬ 
land’s orchard has been in bearing for several years, yield¬ 
ing satisfactory crops. 
Mr. W. F. Watrous has about six acres of bearing- 
orchard, besides a considerable area in small fruits. His 
orchard contains about 500 trees, representing thirty-five 
varieties of apples, five of pears and twelve of plums. 
Mr. J. E. Plummer makes a specialty of plums, and is 
very enthusiastic regarding the future of plum culture in 
Larimer County. He has 600 bearing trees, representing 
twenty-six of the leading varieties. The coming spring 
he will set 500 more. There are also in his orchard 300 
apple trees and seventy cherry trees. 
In Pleasant Valley, Mr. C. E. Pennock is developing a 
good nursery business. He has now eight acres occupied 
and will in the spring greatly enlarge this area. Mr. Pen¬ 
nock grows most of his stocks, does his own propagating 
and has as clean and thrifty trees as are to be found any¬ 
where. There are now represented in his nursery 150 
varieties of apples, thirteen of pears, twenty-one of plums, 
sixteen of grapes, twenty-two of strawberries, nine of red 
raspberries, six of black raspberries, two of yellow rasp¬ 
berries, four of blackberries and two of dewberries, be¬ 
sides many shrubs and ornamental plants. 
