The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1883-09-22
NEVADA FRUIT.
SONS Very Remarkable Prod ctiOns
from Duckvvater.

the superior quality Of the fruit
raised by Mr.. Croker in Clover VAL
ley. Now the Sentinel, with
an extended article on what is being
done III that line by a Duckwa:er far
mer, just across the line in Nye
county. For the benefit OF the ranch
ers of this section we reproduce the
SentineI's article entire. There is
no doubt that, with the same perse-
erance aud care taken by farmer
Irwin, equally as good results can be
obtained in all the valley of this
county:
We do not believe that The capabil-
tiles OF Nevada for agriculture are
half appreciated. Had what is now
accomplished in farming i'll this State
been talked of as possible only II few
years ago the proposition would have
been considered nearly absurd. Not
withstanding all the disadvantages
With which our farming people have
to contend, we are satisfied that in
the lapse OF time this sagebrnsh coun-
try will be made 10 bloom as the
rose. From several parts of the State,
notably along the Humboldt, Truckee
and Carson rivers, where he soil Is
alluvial and the temperature less rig
orou>, the fruit products, to say nott.
ing OF the cereals. are remarkable for
Gheir KIND and variety. Butthe most
satisfactory evidence OF what can be
lone IN Nevada in the cultivation OF
fruit is some samples OF apples,
grapes, pluais and peaches that we
nave before Us, on the editorial table,
brought To Eureka by Squire Irwin
from his ranch in Nye county. The
plums, yellow aud purple, are large,
firm, sweet and very juicy. The
grapes are of three sorts, the Muscat,
| black Hamburg, and Mission. They
grow IN large Duncne>, close together.
They are tirtn, juicy and sweet, and
we do not hesitate 10 say that they
are superior to similar grapes raised
III California. Mr.. Irw i'll raised three
tons OF grapes this season. He says
they can be raise =, any where else in
Nevada as we'll as in Luckwater. Tie
peaches are firm and superior To those
OF California. AS a rule larger and
finer looking fruit is grown III CALI
fornia than ia Nevada, but i Is the
rule also that frult matured in Nevada
is more substantial aud juicy, and Of
better flavor than that produced in
California. Squire Irwin has been
experimenting i'll fruit raising on his
ranch for the last seven Or eIght
years. At first he was not successful
he allowed his trees to- attain their
normal growth. The wind, which Is
violent III his vicinity, Is it is gener-
ally at times throughout Nevada,
blew the blossoms oil, or il the bios
SONS escaped the rayagos ofthe Wine
the young fruit would fall "a victim TO
h. and be blown rom the stems to
the ground. He looked about him
and took IA lesson from nature. He
saw the runty cedars how they grew
on the bills, close to the ground, 18th
low trunks and the limbs spread ouI
nearly on u line with the ground. He
went To work and prepared his fruit
trees TO make them grow the same
way. lie planted young trees and
cut them oil just above the first limb,
aud never allo wed any tree to grow
higher than his head. lie nus saved
them from the violence OF the wind.
The branches spread out, and as the
fruit grew and matured IL rested on
the ground. His best fruit, he says,
is that hich rests OH the ground,
covered over with straw. He makes
4 great abundance of gooseberries,
currants and other berries every wear.
Nor do the frosts ever kill the more
tender fruit ON his place, except
g~rapevines, of which nearly one-hali
are winter-killed every year. Here
after he will save all these vines by
bending them down and covering
them over with straw and earth, after
harvest, until spring. This year Mr..
Irwin Will sell 10 his n%eighbors In
Duck Valley between four aud five
tons OF fruit. From his remarkable
success, attained by industry and
thoughtful labor, it is plain that others
may go and do likewise anyw here
elss almost OH the slope. He says he
feels as though he had just started in
to find out a few OF the many thugs
about fruit raising that lie knows he
will come upon by experience. From
year to year he will improve his fruit
by purchase and selection of the best
stock, aud we feel sur that within the