Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1890-07-28
SHALL FRUITS IN THIS VALLEY.

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The r-s"lts attained 90 far IN this
valley justify the claim thA, i. is the
o"st small fruit country in thu vol i.
Nowhere else are strawberries ." pro
Tho, 50 large, aud SO 6ue. hlsuy
picked from HALEY yards this spring
were over u Inches in greatest di
'nen"io". BY Il t. II inches in width
and thickness. And every one of
them was ripe right through. There
WAS NJ wa'ta Whatever by worms Or
unripen"ss, Notwithstanding that some
ct them w~re as large ~ tair.sixed
potst res. No, WAS the size attained
Ut the expense OF quantity; for vines
with IL to 80 berries averaging ~.
inch in dismet were by no means
scarce. But, satisfactory as the yield
OF strawberries is in this vxlle,
It Is not much more So, if at oil, than
that Ut gooseberries. currAnt aud rssp
berry plants. These are actually 10
heavily Ioa'l-d with fruit that they
break down from the weight If it
unless propped up. And all OF it is
Ut unusually large size, aud soue Of
it already rxuks Us the very choic. st
in the world!
THIS is not an empt, beast, but u
fact. Mrs. Stowe, for instance, has
an ever. hearing red rssph+rry which
is destined to have Y great run, u the
demand, both for the fruit and the
pla'rt@, already greatly exceeds the
possible supply. She sold several
hundred plants this spring, and 500
Of these to u no less important person.
a:e, horticulture y, than John Lewis
Childs, proprietor Of Floral Park
Queens county, New York, who is
one OF the best Known and most -x.
tensive nursrrymen in the world, sup.
plying, rs he doe much OF tine fruit
aud cut flowers used in New York
City on all important occasions. Mr..
Childs's roses are so we'll known that,
III winter, some varieties sell TOR As
much as IS each ut the city florists.
while 81 and IL apiece is no unusu. |
price for any OF them.
Captain and Mrs. Stowe did not at
first. nor do they now. intend to go
i"to the nursery business. They SIT
out u garden for their own usr, scarce.
ly expecting to raise enough fruit for
their family o! six. Presently, how.
ever, friends and neighnors took q
fancy to their fruit and begged few
boxes. Then, more friends ca me, and
all became customers engaging the
fruit months ahead, until tue demand
became much greater than the supply.
1t was SO with the ever bearing bush
es. These begin bearing about the
18th OF July, aud continue blooming
aud bearing about once month un-
til the frost nips the buds. At f'st
Mrs. Stowe would be begged for
slip or two, which she cheerfully gave.
Then Wis tors here took u few back
East W e. them; and preset "qui-
ries came from several parties, r IN
Missouri, Mimi sofa, Iowa, illinois
and New York, until Mrs. Stowe Was
compelled TO dept tie her garden to
half meet the demand. And she
seems to be in fair way of being
forced into the nursery business swiftly
nilly."
That lady's success is only sample,
an instance, of what has been, and is,
being done here in TIE growing of
small fru t. But It is an indication of
what will he. The time is no, very
distant wien every available piere Of
land IN this valley will be eagerly
bought at 500 or more per acre tor
the purpose of raising choice table
fruit that will he in prime demand
wherever it can be delivered in fair
condition.