The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-04-19
From Overton.
Editor Phoebe RECORD:

There is no brag or buster in the claim
that southern Nevada produces deciduous
fruits OF a quality much superior to those
grown IN many other states. All notions to
the contrary are mere prejudices. The fact
that few hundred pounds of apples for
example sold in southern California last fall
for price much greater than those paid for
| eastern product is sufficient evidence of the
superior quality OF Neyada's fruit In all
the valleys of Lincoln county apples can be
produced that will compare in flavor, beauty
keeping qualities OF the rugged cast. This
| is proven by the small orchards that are in
existence. Who can say that ten acre
orchard Of clean, thrifty, well cared for
bearing apple trees in any part OF Lincoln
county would not be at least an indepen-
dence for family, ii not small fortune.
! However of course We do not expect our
! friends in this region to adopt this idea
readily, but it is something for them to
think about and talk about. There are
thrifty fruit growers now in this county
|
ago. When we advised them to plant fruit
trees they would say what are we gong to
do with the fruit?" There were a few how
ever, who believed and vino planted young
orchards last fall and their experience has
taught others who are making large prepa'
ratons for early fall planting this year. If
| pt m ba Of bar bro
ont, and plants and carefully cares for few
acres of apples this article will be we'll
written and be well paid for. 1t is well.
known fact that we raise some of the finest
decduous fruits in the world but the effort
should not be confined to one or two; there
should be general awakening to the i'm
psrtance of the future OF this business
throughout our country.
Again, the raisin culture will eventually
be q leading ia this county in such local
tiles as are best adopted to the grape culture
The pruns and plum also do extremely we'll,
require but little attention and will yield
/ enormous profits annually but none more
s profitable than the apple.
$ 1t is not worth while to discuss the com
i parative value of the fruit shipped last fall
1 but it is interesting to know now as well a,
o in the future that the price received for the
r small consignment is in the opinion of thu
fruit vendors, far higher than we may regu
larly expect. If this is the case our conclu
, sion that the market in southern Caliiornis
. would prove sufficiently remuneratve t,
. warrant continuance is sound. As in tn
Il opinion OF the best authority from 300 t.
&c 400 car loads of winter apples would fnC
% ready sale at 81 per barrel, and such pric
- would leave a handsome balance for tn
grower say los trees to the acre, five barrel
l. to the tree, $40 barrels per acre leaves tn
IL handsome sum of Sl0S0 per acre. or $40, so
g for our ten acre farm, which is quite
Al modest estimate for this country's apple pro
lie duction, deduct from this amount the cos
q for care, picking, packing, transportation
" etc, then you have handsome profit
q good fertile land with water can be purchas
II ed, many hundred acres awaits the thrift
husbanmand on which beautiful homes cal
IF be made with a healthy occupation i
|. southern Nevsdas transparent atmosphere
a A happy man he should be who lives o
/, forty acre farm as his home with such re
re thousand such homes could and should b
" made in the near future; every aspirin
d. young man would do we'll to take timel
~ warning and purchase the land now, 10
n when rail road is built to tap this fertil
4. region it will then cost hundreds of dollar
more than OF the present. time.
My advice to those who contemplat
planting apple trees, and make the asse
: ton from many years of practical eXperient
and observations in California and 9th,
y states, is: plant only first class choice budde
or grated trees, such varities as | mentio
are first class keeping winter apples, PriG
OF Nevada, Arkansas Black, Ben Davi
-, Glenn Z Spitzenberg, Newtown Pippen an
. W W Pearmaine, with such a variety yc
!, will be able to satisfy the most fastidiot
. epicurean.
- California is a great and leading horticu
+. tural country perhaps more acres are pantt
to fruit trees than any other state
Americs, yet CALIFORNIA; best judges vi
eventually do Nevada the honor by buyir
her apples from us and we will in retu,
at buy California oranges.
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