Excerpt from Views of Denver Colorado, 1890It has often been said that Colorado has no farms nor farmers. However true this may have been in the past, it is far from the truth to-day. The fact is that thous ands ou thousands of acres of what was supposed to be arid land, have, by the introduction of irrigating canals, become rich and productive farms. No soil in the world exceeds in richness the soil of the plains and valleys of Colorado, and what was once considered the Great Amer ican Desert, is now covered with waving fields of grain, rich garden tracts and ¿ourishing orchards and vineyards. The wheat, oats and barley of Colorado have no equals in the vast territory of the United States. The kernels are more plump and heavy, while the ¿our produced is of the finest quality. Fruit raising is yet in its infancy, but the Arkansas, San Luis, Poudre and Grand River Valleys, can show some of the finest young orchards of apples, pears, peaches, plums and apricots to be found in the country. The orchards in the Poudre and Arkansas Valleys are the most advanced. Colorado fruit is far superior to that raised in California, being more juicy and of much better ¿avor. The vineyards of the Arkansas Valley are the pride of the State. Grapes of all varie ties are raised and grow as luxuriantly as in California, and far exceed those varieties in ¿avor. As yet no wines are manufactured, owing to the great local demand for fresh fruit.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.