Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-04-09

i!'S O!l lie 'ioNt>i.} Is ~ IscH tatDii from
seed sown by AEr.. hiuikey some
twenty years ago. Samples of the
fruit having been sent to the leading
authorities in the United States, they
pronounced it an entirely distinct and
new variety, worthy ct place among
the very be-! oi pears for size and quail
ity, and ranking the best ever known
for vigor and hardness. \ few gentle
men, engaged III fruit growing here,
organized the Idaho Pear COMPANY
for the purpose OF propogating and in
Producing this valuable new variety,
and by their efforts have succeeded in
making 1t widely known all over the
world, and creating demand for trees
grown here, not only from all parts Of
the Union, but from Europe and AUS
tralia as well. 1t is stated that this il
the most valuable new fruit introduced
in half century, and being more
hardy than any known variety of same
quality, it will greatly enlarge the ter
ritory where pear growing can be sue
cessfully engaged in. The introduce
ton of this pear has, more than all
other causes combined, called the at
tention Of the horticultural world to
the resources of cur climate, and the
gentlemen OF the "Idaho Pear" Co.
have our best wishes for financial sue
cess in this venture, but, failing in
this, we dare express the opinion that
the consciousness of the benefit thew
have conferred upon the horticultural
world at large Is no mean reward in
itself
The territory IN Nez Perez county,
which can grow fruit successfully, is
not limited to the valleys of the great,
rivers, but embraces the arabic land of
nearly the whole couoty; and, while
the higher attitudes may not grow the
tenderer fruits, they rival, if they do
not surpass, the valleys in the produc-
ton of the harder kinds, and espec-'
tally the apple. This latter fruit--sas
shown by specimens grown OH young
trees just coming into bearing ut differ
ent points, notably the prairie lands of
the Big Potlatch, to the east of Lewis
ton, and Waha, TO the south, both ut
All increased altitude of some 1900 feet
possesses fine flavor combined with
keeping qualities which are not at
tained in the hotter atmosphere of the
valleys. 1t Is safe to predict that in
future years, when adaptabilities ha 10
become more of an exact science, that
the valleys will contine themselves to-
the production of the tenderer fruits
and grapes requiring great amount
of heat, while the highlands will pro-.
duce the harder fruits in such quanti-
ties aud of such excellence as to make
Nez Perez county the great fruit sup
! plying center of the northwest.
With the large belt of country to the
north of Lewiston, which, owing to the
high altitude, can but raise the very
hardest Of fruits, but whose wheat
product sustains large population;
with the Occur d'Alene mines still fur
ther north; and the prosperous states
of Montana and Dakota to the east, all
non produces Of fruit, and easy access
by rail to all those points, there is no
fruit raising country in existence pos
sessing such an unlimited market for
its product. i
| The California and Oregon fruit
which now supplies those markets,
will have to make room for that grown
nearer home, and which, from that
very fact, will reach the consumer in
much better condition; the shorter dis
lance to market, allowing the ripening
of fruit instead of having to be gathered
in state of imperfect maturity, a. 10
the case when it takes several days Of
railway transit from the point of pro-
duction to that of consumption.
AS part of the fruit industry, and
one from which liberal returns can be
obtained quickest, we may call atten-
ton to the facilities the climate offers
for the growing Of berries, vegetables
and melons. Here again the mildness
of our temperature enables the grower
to market his produce several weeks
earNer than that grown on the high.
lands, and thereby to secure the high
prices which early shipments always
command. Several parties are planting
largely this spring under contract b
supply dealers in Spokane with early
! vegetables; a few experimental ship
ments last season having shown tn
fact that owing to greater freshness
when offered for sale, Lewiston vegetA
bles commanded higher price thai
those shipped from Oregon.
The lesson which these facts sugges
to those who own lands in this favorel
q climate is to plant them In frult with
a out hesitation, bearing in mind Ct Is
J, same time, that the planting shOul
:. not exceed the limits VI the hest atteu