Did you know that Montezuma County was once renowned for its apple orchards? Local farmers once cultivated nearly 50,000 fruit trees and more than 50 varieties of apples. Today, only bare fields remain. But orchardist Jude Schuenemeyer and the Montezuma Orchard Preservation Project hope to restore the county’s fruit economy. Watch news story at Durango Local News…
By Durango Local News | April 21, 2016