The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-11-28
County and City Official Press.
Tuesday, November %.
BEGINNINGSI FRUIT Gull
TURE.

The buslness Of timber cuitiug and
lumber manufacture is ciassed by T,ol.t-
ical economists - q branch Of sgricnl-
ture, yet in its processes aud results, it
is really more nearly allied t. mining.
The analogy exists IN this. that both
plumber the store Of natural wealth.
while they restore nothing instead. be-
ing quickly exhaustive whilst agricul-
ture proper Is cumulative and enduring.
Though our mineral aud timber are
very extensive yet once removed they
are destroyed Several generations
would not suffice for tl,e regrowing Of
our stately forests when once cut down.
Hence. il is Of importance to cast about
ior q successor 10 replace tho withdrawn
value Of the shorn timber lie Ids These
lands naturally work into sort of clo-
yer pasture--the shamrock disputing
the possession Of the soil with the ferns
and blackberry vines But lands so
convenient to market will justify a
more profitable culture than the meagre
pssturage Of volunteer clover. High
priced land must yield high priced
crops In this view it is impossible 10
hit upon more suitable industry Ia
answer this end than fruit culture
We find particular sections through
out the world devoted to agricultural
specialties. Take for example tho cof.
fee Of Costa Rica. the sugar of Hawaii.
tho wheat OF Minnesota and Walla
Waila, tho rice of Carolina. Some dis
tficts make a special staple of particu-
lar varieties Of fruit, tor which they
have notable adaptation. The trnv-
eler sees whole counties through Dela
ware. New .Ivrscy and Maryland
planted 10 peaches, IN Spain to grapes,
in Florida % oranges. Another famous
section fnr various fruits Is IN crst- while
the lumber country the Grand Traverse
region la Michigan. whose aptitude
arises FROM the coatigu.iy Of surround
ing waters The same favorable condi-
ton OF nature for this industry exists
here on our own islands. pcninsula>
and necks Of land intercepted between
tho Sound and large fresh. water lakes
Fruit never misses aud the trees bear So
quickly ant So abundantly that con
slant care is necessary To prevent their
early exhaustion.
This district has been slow 10 make
avail of its raro advantage in this re
gard, but IT is surely destined hereafter
10 become iamous for It's export of fine
fruit We already note som, crafty
ing beginnings ia this direction one
gentleman has planted out forty acres
of prunes on Wildly Island with a
view to the erection IN due time of al
Alden lighthouse Another on Black
river il preparing 20 make .extcnsiv g
additions So his orchard sometime
ago il was stated that tho hop-growers
IN the puyallup valley we're setting on,
large orchards in connection with their
hop yards, with view of using the
lighthouses for frui, after ,he hops came
out.
There Is 30 danger tia, the business
viii be oycrldnc. IL Is desirable that
it shouli be undertaken by many and
ON a large scale 10 rs to give volume
for export sufficient 10 force IFS way
into the markets abroad What is done
wholesale can b. done more ecnaomi
eally aud ptotitably than otherwise
The necessary fixtures for the Alden
drying process probably could be pa. up
Tor about VI. sED or - 600 and can easily
be put up here u suiiioicn, numbers as
soon as there are gsrchsrds to reqaire
them. II Is sail that Que hnshrl Of
green frui,-1o pounds will make ten
pounds Of the dried product. which
sells hero for twelve Ia twenty cents
per pound. giving cash return very
much greater than can he counted on
tng tho fresh article even If the demand
wore always equal ,o the supply.
The yield 81 fruit per acre 1T a we'll
managed orchard Is not surpassed in
cash value by any crop taat can b.
grewn. taking one war with another.
and en,erpr,sins aud industrious men
~lfo arc prospecting the various oo-u.
pations that invite them in this new
country can engage in nothing With =
greater certainty of large ultimate
pros; than in this business OF fruit
craving on one Of the numerous tayor-
able sites for the parpose that may be
found adjsecu, 10 the soaad aud %
the reals and rivers that open up from
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