Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-06-21
PHENIX FRUIT
Specimen Growers Along one of Her
 Newly Opened Avenues.
IHerald. 1

With water an Arizona desert can be completely wiped out in two years, so that vast yellow grain fields, blue towering alfalfa and orchards groan- ing beneath every kind of fruit, would almost compel the stranger to depose that no sage brush and burning sand could in the memory of man, have there held sway. Yet such is history. In 1887 Grand Avenue was laid out diagonally across government sections for distance of some eighteen miles through Glendale and Peoria to Cave Creek. In 1888 settlers began to re- claim the original desert lying along side. Wheat, barley and alfalfa now flourish in place of mesquite and horned toads.
 Fruit, too, received much attention Orchards and vineyards flourish wherever planted and cultivated. Mr. G. V. H. Shaver recently drove out over a portion of the Avenue and noted some of the places that fell under his eye. The bare catalogue is interesting and we publish it here with:
 SH. Campbell has a nice house and comfortable out-buildings On his place are 50 acres figs, white and Adriatlc, also other varieties, num- bering 3 $500 trees. Also 20 acres of fruit trees, such as peaches, apples, plumbs, apricots, nectarines, null berries, almonds and quinces. Be sides these a 40-acre vineyard, two years old, is in fine condition
 Then comes H. c. Mann's place with 50 acres of assorted fruit as above and 40 acres of one and two year old vines. His buildings are substantial and neat.
 D. $. Brown has 40 acres of 2-year old vines, 10 acres assorted fruit and about 25 orange trees.
 R. F. Wiley, IF acres vineyard of cut tings one and two years old, 5 acres of pears and of peaches
 c. F. Miles, 10 acres of vines, ? years old.
 James McMillan, 15 acres assort- ed fruits, 20 acres vines, ? years old
 w. T. Hanna, ' acres assorted fruits, 20 acres vineyard, one year old.
 D. c. Williams, 10 acres 2-year old vineyard, } acres assorted fruit
 c. w. Mills, one acre strawberries, bearing we'll ? acres 2-year old vines, s acres assorted fruit.
 Logan & Adams, 80 acres vineyard, 2 years old.
 R. Baxter 40 acres vineyard one year old.
 A. J. Straw, 20 acres vineyard, ? years old This is on his home place He also snperintends the Straw ranch, 4 miles southeast, with IS acres of assorted trees, , years old 40 acres vineyard, 1 and and 3 year figs, all in splendid condition.
 Milton Hammond, the census enum- orator, has ten acres in almonds, l year old, 20 acres of vineyard, 1 year old and acres of assorted fruit trees.
 l.. Bennett, 10 acres in fruit trees, 10 acres of vineyard, both ? years old.
 w. B. Sharp, 30 acres of strawber- ries, blackberries, oranges and other fruit.
 c. F. Marsten, l5 acre vineyard, T acres of trees, both year old
 J. T. Stewart, 9 acres of grapes, } years old; ' acres of figs, l year.
 To the southwest of these were many other orchards equally as good. Every tree and vine two years old seemed to be loaded with fruit. The single year grOwths had their quota too. Figs and grapes looked especially fine There will be heavy crops generally this year Substantial homes every where seemed to indicate that fruit culture brought happiness and con tent to those engaged therein.