Fruita Orchards - Capital Reef
by Donna Kennedy
Title
Fruita Orchards - Capital Reef
Artist
Donna Kennedy
Medium
Photograph - Photographs
Description
Original Fine Art Photography by Donna Kennedy..
Photographed in Capital Reef National Park, Utah
Early settlers planted the orchards as a cash crop and for subsistence. No more than ten families lived in Fruita at any one time, and the last residents moved away in 1969. Today, the orchards are preserved and protected as part of the Fruita Rural Historic Landscape listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The orchards contain approximately 3,100 trees including cherry, apricot, peach, pear, apple, plum, mulberry, almond, and walnut. The National Park Service now maintains the orchards year round with historic cultural irrigation practices, pruning, mowing, pest management, planting, mapping, and grafting.
Harvest:
You are welcome to stroll in any unlocked orchard and consume ripe fruit while in the orchards. Fruit may not be picked in quantity until the designated harvest begins; orchards that are open for picking are signed as such. Fruit taken from the orchards must be paid for. A self-pay station with scales, plastic bags, and signs listing fruit prices is located near the entrance of orchards open for fruit harvest. Please select only ripe fruit and leave the rest to ripen for other visitors. 322
Thank You to the Administrators that Featured this photo in the following Groups:
-Canon Full Frame Cameras
-Women Photographers 1 per day
-First Friday Gallery Group
-Beauty
-Pleasing the Eye
-All Natural Beauty of This World
-The World We See Group
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June 19th, 2015
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Comments (27)
Angeles M Pomata
Awesome photo, Donna!! The play of light and shadows in this capture is gorgeous!! L/F/T
Kellice Swaggerty
Absolutely splendid artwork, Donna! I like your creative touch here very much! l/f fb
TN Fairey
Fabulous capture of the orchid with the red rocks in the background interesting info too! Love this dear Donna! love/f/t