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Colorado Experiment 'Station 
Apples .—About three-fourths of the apples shipped into Colorado 
in 1909 came from California. They were inferior in flavor, size, 
and coloring to Colorado apples. Other shipments were made from 
Oregon, Utah, Montana, and Kansas. 
In a trip made by the writer in November and December, 1909, 
covering the dry land sections of eastern Colorado, it was found that 
the towns in these sections along the lines of the Burlington, Union 
Pacific, Rock Island and Missouri Pacific railroads were supplied 
almost entirely with California apples. The fruit growers of the 
eastern Slope and of the Arkansas Valley should organize and secure 
this trade. It is a market that can be greatly increased. 
Potatoes and Szveet Potatoes .—Potatoes for the table use to the 
value of $116,000, and' sweet potatoes to the value of $68,000, were 
shipped into Colorado in 1909. 
About half of the potatoes came from Texas, the others from 
California, Utah, Idaho, Arkansas, and Kansas. Most of the potatoes 
came in before Colorado potatoes were ready for the market. In 
February, 1910, a car of new potatoes was received in Denver from 
Cuba. 
Over half the sweet potatoes came from Kansas, one-third from 
Virginia, and the others from California and New Jersey. From 
limited trials, it seems probable that the sandy soils in the Arkansas 
Valley are well adapted to growing sweet potatoes, and that this sec¬ 
tion should furnish all the sweet potatoes needed in the state, and in 
other mountain sections. 
Green Vegetables. —Cauliflower, cabbage, celery, and onions 
were shipped into Colorado from California, celery from Florida, 
cabbage from Tennessee and cabbage and onions from Texas. The 
growers of these products in Colorado need to pay more attention 
to the early crops, and to methods of storage that will lengthen the 
period of home grown supplies. 
CANNED GOODS. 
California Fruit. $500,000 
Corn. 310,000 
Tomatoes. 300,000 
Peas. 80,000 
Beans, Succotash, Sweet Potatoes, Beets, Asparagus 
and other vegetables and eastern Berries and 
Fruits. 100,000 
Grape Juice. 35,000 
Cider. 20,000 
Total 
$1,345,000 
This estimate is conservative. Some of the largest jobbers in 
the State consider that the actual total is nearly $2,000,000. The 
most careful estimates place the value of canned goods put up in 
Colorado, in 1909, at $500,000. The business in the state is increas¬ 
ing every year. 
