Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-07-12
Ayis0na Guterpri&e.
FLORENCE, JULY l2, 1890
FRUITS.
OUR FRUIT GROWERS ARE BOUND
 TO WIN.
what California Is the Salt River Valley Wiu be In two Eears---No Danger
 of Oyer Production.
Ihenix Gazette.


 towards the west for their supply of fruits The western fruits have earned for themselves g place in the markets of the the east that cannot be supplied from any other source The field for the sue cessful production of the deciduous fruits IS by nature limited in a great measure to the country west of the Rocky noun tains
 Heretofore California has reaped the reward of the fruit industries without any one to call division of the profits The result has been that her fruit grow CTS have amassed enormous fortunes and the value of her acres have advanced to a phenomenal figure. Only few days ago q sale of forty acres of orange land was consummated for the neat sum of $70,- 000, and any medium orange land readily sells at from S100 to $500 per acre.
 It has been the cry of many for the last four or i've years that the fruit indus try would be oyerdone but time has proved the fallacy of this fear With the increased acreage planted and the con sequent increased yield of raisins, plums, oranges, almonds, and in fact all kinds of fruits and nuts, market has opened that consumes the entire yearly product
 But the time has come when California can no longer stand out in bold relief as the only source of supply. Inside of two years the Salt river valley will be ship ping her oranges to parts east of the Rockies We have thousands of acres of land adjacent to the foothills that pos sess all the essential qualities for the pro- duction of the orange and the lemon and the olive and no sooner will their pro- ducts command a place in the market ot the day than their true value will be appreciated.
 This year the fruit crop in several of the states that have heretofore been de- pended upon by the New York market has failed, in consequence of which the western fruit will meet with very little competition in the eastern markets. Mir. Day, of the firm of Scobel & Day, the consignees of all the fruit shipped by the California Fruit Union, says: ito sum up the prospect ahead for the California pro ducers, they are certainly more than en- couraging, and 1t is possible that better prices will be obtained i'll the market on all well selected, good fruits than have been seen for years"
 New York and it's immediate vicinity with its immense population, is an enor- nous consumer of fine fruits in summer, and as supplies cannot be obtained from any other part of the eastern country it naturally follows that the entire demand will fall on the California fruit sent there. l The natural advantages that the Salt river valley has over the California dis tricts are of vast importance, and when the hand of man shall give to us the ! transportation facilities accorded to our sister state, these natural advantages will ! be a source of untold riches It is the early fruits that yield the largest profits and the fact that we are forty eight hours bearer market IS a matter of no small consequence.
 The high prices that are obtained this l season may not be reached every year, but 1t IS fact that the farmers fruit dis tricts of New Jersey and Delaware are ! giving unmistakable signs of deterior- ation. From this fact the western fruit 1 growers are placed on an equal footing with the eastern growers and we are in sured permanent and unlimited avail able market for our fruits in the Atlantic cities. This insures success to those who are seeking for profitable business. At present the east seems to be en- | amorsd of the western piums. l.. F. | Thompson, of San Jose, in the Pomona 1 Progress says:
 nave never kQOWn DettSr market ! for our prunes thaa now, and have own ed a 4S-acre prune orchard for twelve l years. The man who has a good bearing prune orchard and who does not make a ' big thing from 1t this season Is wholly at fault The trees are loaded down with fruit and there was never such a | demand for California prunes. I have had thirteen buyers after my crop, which will not amounts to less than 220 tons. 1 1 have refused all these offers and so have my neighbor5 refused offers for their crops
 | Now l am offered even 2H cents a pound l am still refusing, and there are many of us fruit growers who will not sell for less than S55 ton or 224 cents a pound"
 What we want is for our people to real iZe that they cannot overdo the work of putting out fruit and nut trees. We have the whole country for market, and the field of production IS at best limited.
 Though prices may not always reach the extreme limit promised this season circumstances insure fair price at all times. Instead of sowing our acres tc alfalfa, that consumes the water and pays no compensation to the hard worked farmer, let him turn his attention to the cultivation of choice fruits, to the pro duction of which this valley IS so wei adapted, and thus enjoy the prosperity o
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