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FRUIT INTERESTS OF THE STATE. 
From five and one-half acres— 
3,250 bushels apples marketed, 
1,500 bushels apples made into 
cider and vinegar.’_ 
— _$4,361 61 
From four and one-half acres- 
Pears 
$553 
43 
Grapes 
373 
64 
Strawberries . 
460 
75 
Plums 
144 
46 
Cherries 
56 
50 
Gooseberries, 
Mulberries, 
Raspberries, Blackberrries, 
Currants, 
Peaches and 
Quinces 
73 
50 
-$1,662 28 
$6,023 89 
Deduct expenses_ 2,467 00 
Leaving net receipts__$3,556 89 
This statement speaks for itself, and needs no com¬ 
ment. 
The success of fruit culture in Fremont County is 
beyond question. The area in fruit is rapidly increasing, 
• and each year will show an increase in product as the 
younger orchards reach bearing age. 
As a further exhibit of the importance of Fremont 
County’s fruit interests, I may mention that there were 
shipped this season from two stations, by the Denver & 
Rio Grande Express Company, 720,817 pounds of fruit, 
divided as follows : 
