Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1890-09-17
FRUIT IN HALEY.

The Really Astonishing Results Oh.
tal"+c By Judge Waters On . Half
Block If La,,d.
About tour years ago Judge !. ).
Waters bought half. block of land on
Bullion street, near the railroad track,
on which he planted 100 selected fruit
trees ~ . start for an orchard. A.
he had no idea OF the ou,cnm- he was
rather timid ut first, and began on
tns small seal, as an experiment.
The t blowing year he set out y variety
ct strawberry, ra-pb. rry and black
herr. plants AID grape vines. The
result has been most encouraging aud
even highly remunera,ive. With tn
exception Of the peach trees aud some
varieties of cherry trees, all his plants
and small fruit did 90 we'll ia,
although he has already sold over
$4,000 worth OF fruit and nursery
stock t'"m that half III. OK Of ground,
he has so much on hand that h- can
depend upo" realizing, every year, for
the next 10 years, u, l-xs., almost rs
much as he has during any Of the
past two veA,s.
Ills cherries and apples have bee"
hearing two years, Ills pears bore this
year. SO did his grapes and prunes,
aud next year his apricots will hegi"
to bear. OF small fruits he sold this
year 800 gallons of s'rawberri"s, 200
gallons OF g"oseherries, 800 gallons OF
raspberry. 9, 100 gallons Of bIackh-rrie.,
100 gallons of ourrants, ami 100
pounds OF grapes, etc. From his
trees he will sell 100 pounds of
prun-s, 1000 pounds of apples, 1000
pounds 1T cherries, ETC., besides keep.
ing an ample supply for himself and
his large family.
In addition to the fruit above men.
toned Judge Waters has also sold,
from the same half block of ground,
slUO worth Of pie plant, aud $500
worth of veg, tables.
Small fruit pays so we'll that Judge
Waters does not intend to raise u
pound Of vegetables off of his !, t.,
next year, but to devote all of them to
fruit Even by dong so, Judge
Waters will not b. able to supply
on~.fourth of the local demand.
Brsides growing the fruit aud
vegetables mentioned, this half block
OF land has hem used as a nursery,
d Judge Waters has raised more
nursery stock than M could buy at
An OUTLAY of $500, besides securing
the great advantage OF getting trees
that are accIimatixeh, and, therefore,
superior to all others for this region.
With such start he can now set out
large orchard on his Cottonwo
ranch which. few years hence, will
make it worth from 800 to $500 per
acre.
This has not interfered with his
ether business, for during the same
years Judge Waters has been il
public "ilice constantly, besides cult.
va,ing and otherwise improving his
:. Extensive Cotton wood ranch, aud Ell
vnging in many other enterprises.
What Judge Waters has done, any
person with half n block Tor a piece
about l5Ox3O0 f-et) Of Iand ca" do.
Nor is much hard work required,
either, because Judge Waters has
he-n in delicate health ever since h.
came here, AMI at least twice, during
the past four wears, he has been so
sick MS to b" in bed for months and TO
he considered as on the point Of death
What is needed is, FIRST, knowledge
of the business, and, secondly. steady
Flooding, hut not exhaustive labor.
Any young man or woman growing
up in this town could, by few hours
daily labor in the same line of in>
'ius.ry, become independently rich in
q short time.