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2023.055.3.0390Description
A black and white stereograph. Image is of two men standing on a tall hill overlooking a large orchard, a mountain is seen in the distance. Above the image "46" is printed, below the image "V23251 - Grand River Valley and Its Famous Peach Orchards, Palisade, Colo." is printed, to the left of the image "Keystone View Company Copyrighted, Underwood & Underwood Manufacturers MADE IN U.S.A. Publishers" is printed, to the right of the image "Meadville, Pa., New York, N. Y., Portland, Oregon, London, Eng., Sydeny, Aus." is printed. On the reverse the following is printed:
V23251
GRAND RIVER VALLEY AND ITS FAMOUS PEACH ORCHARDS, PALISADE, COLO.
Lat. 39 (Degrees) N.; Long. 108 (Degrees) W.
The Grand River is one of the main branches of the Colorado River. It rises in the Front Range Mountains in Colorado and flows southwest to the Green River in Utah. It is about 350 miles long and drains an area of 26,500 square miles. Its course is through mountains where the scenery is magnificent. Sometimes there are deep canyons, and at other places the valley is wide and fertile, especially adapted to peach raising. This section of Colorado is one of the few locatities where peaches are cultivated for commerce,although they are grown to a great extent in all parts of the United States. New Jersey, Delaware, Arkansas and California are also regions favorable for extensive culture.
The best commerical peaches, of the highest color and the bes eating are raised on a sandy, laom soil. They are raised from the peach stones which are frozen and cracked before planting. When one year old the seedlings are budded with choice varities. In England and middle Europe the trees are usually trained against walls, but in America they are grown in orchards like apples. They are set out in rows about twenty feet apart, a year or two after budding. The trees bear fruit when three or four years old. They are a very tender tree, and shorter lived than most furit crops ; although on favorable soil they live for perhaps twenty years. A commerical orchard seldom produces fruit after the ninth year.
An orchard of peach trees in bloom is a most beautiful sight. As the blossoms appear before the leaves, the trees are at this time a mass of delicate pink.
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