The Arizona sentinel., 1894-08-04

liable to sour, exposure to the air. after one year old, to become turbd and change color in the bottle glass.
 We can safely say that the soil of Yuma Co unty can nowhere be surpassed, containing as it does all the essential elements of richness and fertility. FRUIT CULTURE.
 Fruit production throughout Arizona is a sub ject of great interest at present, and will no doubt, be the principal industry in Yuma County. The remark kabe results that have sprung from very superficial and imperfect culture has de- monstrated that the soil and climate of Yuma County are peculiarly adapted for this branch of agricultural enterprise The development of these resources is of the utmost importance and is at tracting careful attention. Experiments have been made with care, and facts in regard to the culture of different kinds of fruits have been collected which cannot fail to convince, even tbe most skept ical the wonderful superiority of Yuma County over Southern California in fruit growing, and which must lead to a large and varied production, of the most remunerative character.
 The Commissioner Of Immigration in his report, published in 1886, writes as follows of the rich valleys of the Gila. Colorado and Calt rivers.
 
 on the continent. It is formed of the detritus | which the streams for ages have brought down from their mountain homes in their journey to the | sea. By constant overiows and change Of channel, the deposit of this rich vegetable matter has form ed soil of ,xtreme fertility, Near the streams it ! is dark alluvial mold, well adapted to small grains and grasses. Farther back there is a rich sandy loam, mellow and porous and especially l .1,- demonstrated that the productive capacity of these valleys is not surpassed by lani of equal area ill any part of the United States. So rapid and prolific is the growth of the fruits cereals and vegetables that the labor of the cultvator is reduced to the minimum In nearly all of them two crops year ! can be growth, and vegetation is month ahead of California. The farmers plants cottonwood saplng before his door, and within the year he has shade tree twenty-five feet high! Alfalfa can be six times during the season, and it is an actual fact the grape-cutings have produced within eigh- l teen months! What State or Territory make | such showing? The climate, it must be remem- l bered, is nearly perpetual summer. Snow never falls in these southern valleys. The farmer begins to plant in November, and by the middle of May his harvest is ready. Roses are in bloom, fruit l of green, when the fields of the Eastern farmers are covered with snow and ice.
 Every variety of grains. grasses fruits and vege- tables grown in the temperate and scmi-tropic zones can be produced in the valleys of Arizona. Wheat, corn barley, oats and all the small grains give yield of from twenty-five to fifty bushels to the acre. Alfalfa, clover, timothy, Bermuda and | all the cultivated grasses grow luxuriantly, the former giving from eight to ten tons to the acre each year, Every variety of vegetable raised ill the United States can be grown in Arizona, and nowhere they found of better quality. 1 "Besides the products mentioned, these semi tropical valleys produce cotton, sugar-eane, to- bacco, hemp and rice. With the exception of the sugarcane but little attention is paid to the culti vation of other staples but it has been demonstrat ed that the soil and climate specially adapted to their successful growth. Cotton-g growing is no | experiment in Arizona, for it is on record that when the Europeans first penetrated this region, | they found the Pima Indians wearing fabrics made of cotton grown in the Gila valley.
 "But it is their adaptabilIty for fruit culture that assures to these valley lands dense popula-
 tion and aprosperous future. Almost every var
 ety known be raised in their fruitful soils. The apple pear, plum, peach, apricot, quince and nec-
 tarine, of delicious flavor, and give gen
 erous yield. The grape of all varieties is at home
 in these sunny wales. No place in the grape-grow-
 ing belt of the Pacific Coast can show so prolific a
 yield. The quality is all that could be desired; and the wine although its manufacture is vet ex-
 perimentaI, is of fine flavor, delicious bouquet
 and unsurpassed by any native product table beverage. Experiments with the raisin-g grape
 have shown that this climate and soil possess
 every advantage for the production and curing oi
 this staple article of commerce.
 s'Besides the fruits already mentioned, the or
 ange, lemon, lime olive, fig, pomegranate, and others of the citrus family, can be grown success fuIlv in the valleys of Southern Arizona. Orange
 trees are now in bearing in the Salt River valley and at Yuma; while the bananas is also being cul
 tivated at the latter place. The Arizona orange 1T
 quality and flavor will compare favoraply with th' best California.
 'In the valleys of the Colorado, the Salt and th' Gia liyers there is room for thousands. It is no , too much to say that nowhere within the linlts I this broad Union can be found more desraoi'
 region for the making of home. No laborlou clearing Of the land is required; it lies almoS
 ready for the blow. Trees and shrubbery have s'
 rapid & growth that within eighteen months th
 immigrant can surround his abode with attraction which would require years to mature m less faVore e l climates. Fruits ripen and are ready for marke ?, full month b. fore the California product. Tn IS bright sunshine makes life luxury, and the pure g. dry atmosphere brings health to all who nhale IL 5, For the establishment of colonies such as we nav 3. made of Southern California garden, AriSon | eI Tbny,eands Q