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    • Jordan carrot crop

    • Jordan carrot crop

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    • Farms--Arizona--Sedona

    • Before their fruit trees produced, the Jordans grew carrots planted between the rows of immature fruit trees. Carrots were loaded on a Model A and 12 hours later the carrots would be in Phoenix where Ruth went directly to restaurants and hotels to...
    • Walter pruning in the orchard

    • Walter pruning in the orchard

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    • Farms--Arizona--Sedona

    • Orcharding required work in the field year round. Pruning was one of Walter's specialties. When the pruning was done, there was spraying for pests, spreading fertilizer, monitoring the weather for moisture and killing frost, smudging, caring for...
    • Smudge pots

    • Smudge pots

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    • Farms--Arizona--Sedona

    • Oak Creek orchardists used smudge pots to protect fruit from frost. The pots/heaters were brought to the field on a sled. At Walter Jordan's place, the sled was pulled by a caterpillar tractor. Once placed, the dampers were opened and cleaned,...
    • Mechanized apple sorting machine

    • Mechanized apple sorting machine

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    • Farms--Arizona--Sedona

    • The apple sorting machine in Walter's fruit packing shed was state of the art in 1948. It was not uncommon for it to run 8+ hours per day during harvest, stopping only for the packers to catch up when their bins became too full. Peaches were...
    • Fruit boxes stacked to the packing shed roof

    • Fruit boxes stacked to the packing shed roof

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    • Farms--Arizona--Sedona

    • The smooth concrete floor of Walter's new packing shed was popular with all the kids in town for roller skating. How disappointed they were when harvest time arrived and their skating rink was filled with boxes and workers.
    • The Walter Jordan place

    • The Walter Jordan place

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    • Farms--Arizona--Sedona

    • Many orchards are still visible in photos, especially aerial photos of Sedona, into the 1970s. But the influx of retirees in that decade brought a transition from an agriculture-based economy to one of development and tourism. Walter and Ruth...

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