. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. COST OP PRODUCING APPLES IN WtiSTKKN COLORADO. 13 In Montrose County the orchards are practically all on the mesa lands, the most important of which is Spring Creek Mesa. Ash and California Mesa also have a small amount of fruit. SIZE OF ORCHARDS. The size of the bearing orchards found on farms varies greatly, the extremes of the records in Mesa being 2 and 27 acres, the majority being between 5 and 10 acres. In Delta the variation was from 3 to 45 acres, the majority being between 6 and 15 acres, and in Montrose from
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. COST OP PRODUCING APPLES IN WtiSTKKN COLORADO. 13 In Montrose County the orchards are practically all on the mesa lands, the most important of which is Spring Creek Mesa. Ash and California Mesa also have a small amount of fruit. SIZE OF ORCHARDS. The size of the bearing orchards found on farms varies greatly, the extremes of the records in Mesa being 2 and 27 acres, the majority being between 5 and 10 acres. In Delta the variation was from 3 to 45 acres, the majority being between 6 and 15 acres, and in Montrose from 5 to 40 acres, and an average of between 10 and 15. Fig. 4.—A 15-year-old Ben Davis orchard in full bearing located on Spring Creek Mesa, Montrose County. Note the vigorous growth of these trees which have been heavily manured. This orchard has always been clean cultivated. acres. Of young apple trees there was an average acreage per farm of , , and acres, respectively, in Mesa, Delta, and Mon- trose Counties. AGE OF ORCHARDS. The orchards from which records were taken were fairly uniform in age, averaging 17| years in Mesa, 17 in Delta, and 16 § in Mont- rose. Practically all were between the ages of 12 and 20 years. There are, however, many orchards older than 20 years, but these are not the commercial orchards and are usually of small acreage. At the time of this investigation there were practically none over 30 years of Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Dept. of Agriculture. [Washington, D. C. ?] : The Dept. : Supt. of Docs. , G. P. O.
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