, 1877-10-16
Its Suitability for Fruit and vege-
table Farming.
Present Demand for The Trodnce.--
Profits that Are Made.
Colonization aa Regards The Capitalist aud
the Workingman.
nsw II nay Do rfoftatly Aaaagtd-.Sthtmss 10
Ee Avoided.
FRUIT AND VEGETABLE FARMING.
Sptrtds xfnrrt,rnHdfntt nf The tribune.

Ing anything upon tho aubl lcet OF fruit and veg
etab1e farming until lad completed my tour Ut
The state, go rs ia Urea. oI the subject In one
general arlIvlc. And first | Will sny that. Willie
Texas Is claimed to be very fine frutt country,
The State at present Is as hare Of fruit OF home
production as any country could well he, aud
tue same In also trslc rs regards vrgstabtcs,
orc abundant, and grow remarkably
we'll In all parts Of the State.
The scarcity Of fruit Is luc largely
u the fact that little or no attention has been
paid 10 Its culture, with the exception OF plant-
Ing peach pits which nr,xluca Seeding peaches,
a. likely to hs worthless rs gouJ. II h onIy
within few years TINT nny Intelligent or well.
directed efforts have been Put forth IN THE d.
rcc,iun OF fruit culture. Frum what has been
accomplished It may be regarded ns dclunn-
etratcd that peaches, Pluns, and grapea will do
remarkably well In nil parts Of lie stalc. lcars
orc also reasonably s,eccssful, even u far south
q. Houston, -tAuuEh liable to tc killed by
hight US at the North. Early apples IN the
northern part Of the Slate do we'll, but
Iate varictics arc sioubtFnl, thonEll
| saw nj Da1,a. trees literally lpaIed down With
hard, flru winter arplcs. The trees were ~
vigorous and healthy In appearance as MY evrr
saw inany country. Aprtcots and nccinrines would
EEuN tEEc HE1E ~ uuy l1E LnH lEAulllLy ~ Lt}E
fruit being destroyed by Iate-spring froste.
Biaekbcrrics do 'r-tnarkally wril OH sanity
ground, the cnnee growing larger and etovkicr
than ever saw anywhere su1 yielding lAree
quantities of i11!t. atrawictr.ca art MI uneet-
thin crop, the difficulty hriMg to keep The y1ncs
alive through the hot, airy summer. On ground
Tint could be irrigated they would give very re-
ALI. KINDS Or FRUIT GROWN HIRE
bring InrEe pvires, uwtuy 10 tlic supply being 40
for 1tHlr Tim MI ftsD vrrt rfny s.F
fruits near my ot the large towns tt, md for
years 10 cot.,e will be, se1nrncrattyr. Ons tnnu
1t Dallas, Mr. .Jcssc ". bell, II making fruit
se @ e yst ssf'}xs !" sne 'f Te .s !sass . IL
sold from i've acres of grnpea in full l,cnr1ng
4;aO01 pounds, netting him ~ crnts per ,ouni.
or $e.a57 for the five acfcs. lfe also
tlai M hearing; which rtaiIzct s. per tree,
and 1DU peavl trees which neltc 81. .5O cr tree.
As the cous1fry is rapidly settling up und has
all 10 10 supplied with fruit, tho nursery bust
tastc for antl practical knowledge Of IT, Fruit
growing has bre, carried tar c1I0ugkl Il, dcnut-
strae that there are isany varieties adapted to
the soil alld climate and thcse grown on Tcxas
foil will he In larga demand N more rn!ia't!e
than forrign-growu trees. Tho foregoing III rc-
gard to fruit Will app>y TO al PORTIONS III tho
Sta,e visited by me except the Gull rrgiun. Of
that fruits nt all kin1s r,,cccctl aud tbrtye xt-
Ter Oh tho light sall1y soils than on tho rich
black 1ab1s.
or VEGETABLES
Texas raiaes a wonderful spring crpr, but tho
eeasou etsis with the setting tit ii ary wcat.cr,
with tho exception Of 8ntne few varieties ltkr
SWEET potatoes, tomatoes, Lima beans, okra ul,d
mc1ons and things which enn etu,d the hot, dry
ether vegetables cx'I only bc kept Tor II few
werks, after Which people 20 without, or f,pI'ort
from the North. Irish potatoes, calhaees,
bcess, turnlps, ote., ran be Trnwu and shipl,cd
middle Of May, according ~ the locality where
planted. Within tha last two or three years quito
business mas Ero~u up Ut some points OF ra!s-
ing vegetables tot tho Northern markets, It
being stimulated by buyers from tho North
coming to SEQ what they could lind Of early
vegetables, md offering reMumcratlve rrfcca
for thcnl. Shipments have manly been made to
kansas City. Cheyenne, and Denver, MS hero the
only competing }'uiuts On carly truck are lous!-
anna ala California. nud trrixhts from even tic
Gulf counties VI TrxaA ate considerably less
thu from either Of the aboyc.llAnltl States.
! find, however, that saics to bufers here we're
lnore satisfactory than returns fton. shIpmcnts
there could 10 good business ..ione iu grow
Ing carly vegetables ius tue Northrr.l lnarkgfs,
asMl supplying thu local markets. On lhnl TINT
could be Irrigated 80 as 10 turnfst, u constant
tuppIy VI fresh vegetables through tle summer
snA Sallt largo profits could br nIalt. Such
points could be found On sumo Of tic bottom
lali.ls bordering those Tapla howtug streams Of
whiel, ! have wtittcu. or watrr could l,c fur
n!sl,cd In other localities by artcsian wells. la
afurnler ictter sIoke ot
PECULIAR CLIMATIC CONDITIONS
found At Houston. iierc tho rainfall Is so great
that gardening Can be carried on through the
whole SEASON. with snma varletich, Willie 10
others, as Irish POTATOES, cAubagss, turntps,
Mets, anu such vegetables. good sprtng aud
iall crop can br raiAct Kiylug two or three crops
from thu salls g.oand, wh!lv farther south a''l
nearer tho uHlf the conditions aFp still iI1uTs
favorable, theirs ~i,lg lesa vi frost In xuter aud
more Of ra!a n sutntusF. a ,,,
Goo*l1l.al, gavu .ne III account oi what l,u Is
ItuE with some .! !.1s ground. th's scas,t'.
lstt, of JANUARY. by lie 18th of Aprl thrso wrJc
~ dug sud sotl at nj. average Of q per bushc',
tllr same g,uunA IN sweet potatoes. whlcl
Yielded 80 bushels ~, psr acre, Antl solA At Is
Aown 10 turnips, fru,n which liz expccta .DO
bushels pr aeit, Which wi! Asll Il + tents pr
ttum crops grown, a,l1 thoss tho common
h.'H!s, zs.insflg 40 special rars or skin, Htfd
expects Sia0 Muro yet from the safl,u ground.
lie informs s1,r tint hc run hayU fresh calbairxk