Capitol Reef Cultural Landscape Report

VEGETATION RELATED TO LAND USE (continued)
(Orchard Summaries)

Current Name: Nels Johnson Orchard

Other Name(s): Lodge Area

Park Code: 0-11

Location: Approximately .9 miles east of visitor center, on the north side of the Scenic Drive.

Tract: 7

Acres Cultivated:

Number of Trees: 123

Date Recorded: December 1991, March 1993

Nels Johnson Orchard

Historical Documentation:

Originally part of the Nels Johnson Homestead, this orchard was replanted in the 1980s on the site of the former Capitol Reef Lodge. Historical documentation indicated that this was the location of Johnson's orchard, one of the earliest in Fruita. The reconstructed orchard was replanted with a variety of fruit and nut trees, representing the composition of old Fruita orchards.

Historical Crops:

(see below)

Current Crops:

Almond (12)
Apple (30)
Rome Beauty
Red Astracans
Yellow Transparent
Winter Banana
Winesap
Jonathan
Apricot (11)
Sweet pit
Morpink
Cherry (9)
Montmorency
Peach (14)
Elberta
Hale
Pear (15)
Flemish beauty
Bartlett
Plum (4)
Prune (5)
Quince (4)
Walnut (4)
unidentified (10)