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Colorado Westmoreland has decided that as new areas of the Orchard are <br /> <br />• planted, specific growth records and productivity for those areas will be kept. <br /> After planting a given area, the number and type of trees per acre will be <br />recorded. Each year production will be noted. It has in the past been seen that <br />apples will on the average, produce in five years, be economic in eight to nine <br />years, be fully matured in fifteen years, have peak production for the next 20 <br />years, and then see fifteen years of decline. During those fifteen years of <br />decline the trees probably should be removed. Peaches will probably, on the <br />average, begin to produce in three to four years, be economic in four to five <br />years, mature in ten years and see peak production for ten to fifteen years. At <br />that point the trees should be removed and new ones placed in their positions. <br />In keeping production records for each year and area, CWI will note whether it <br />has been a bad year, and average year or an excellent year, by noting the <br />• following conditions: labor, climate, water, insects, wildlife, etc. Past <br />records of fruit growers in the area show that one year in five will be a bad <br />year, meaning the area will see a freeze out. One year in five will be <br />excellent, meaning the area will have a good crop and good p^ices, three out of <br />five years will be average, meaning probably one would just break even. <br />Literature Cited <br />Harrington, H.D. 1964. Manual of the Plants of Colorado. 2nd Ed. The Swallow <br />Press, Inc., Chicago. 666p. <br />Hitchcock, A.S. 1950. Manual of the Grasses of the United States (2nd edition <br />rev. A. Chase), U.S. Dept. Agr. Misc. Pub. No. 200, Washington, D.C. 1051p. <br />• <br />-31- <br />