The Arizona sentinel., 1894-08-25

liable to sour, exposure to the air. after one year old, to become turbd and change color in the bottle or glass.
 We can safely say that the soil of Yuma Co unty can nowhere be surpassed, containing it does all the essential clements 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 remar kable 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, of 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 follows of the rich valleys of the Gila. Colorado and Salt 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 overfows and change of channel, the deposit of this rich vegetable matter has form ed soil of ,xtreme fertility, Near the streams it is a dark alluvial mold, well adapted to small grains and grasses. Farther back there is rich sandy loam, mellow and porous, and especially favorable for fruit culture. It has been already demonstrated that the productive capacity of these valleys is not surpassed by lands of equal area in any part of the United States. So rapid and prolific is the growth of the fruts 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 one month ahead of California. The farmers plants cottonwood sapling before his door, and within the year he has a shade tree twenty-five feet high! Alfalfa can be cut six times during the season. and it is actual fact the grape-cuttings have produced within eigh- teen months! What State or Territory can make such showing? The climate, it must be remem- 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 in bloom, fruit trees are blossoming, and the grain fields are sea 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 semitropic 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 l to he } each year, Every variety of vegetable raised il , the United States can be grown in Arizona, and nowhere are they found of better quality.
 ''Besides the products mentioned, these semi } tropical valleys produce cotton, sugarcane, to- baccO, hemp and rice. With the exception of tho sugar-cane but little attention is paid to the cult vaton of other staples; but it has been demonstrat ed that the soil and climate specially adapted to their successful growth. Cotton growing is nc experiment in Arizona, for it is on record tha 7 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 cultur that assures to these valley lands dense popula- l tion and aprosperous future. Almost every var
 ety known be raised in their fruitful soils. Tn apple, pear, plum, beach, apricot, quince and nee I, tarine, of delicious flavor, and give gen erous yield. The grape of all varieties is at hOm in these sunny vales. No place in the grape-grow ing belt of the Pacific Coast show so prolific
 yield, The quality is all that could be desired f and the wine, although it's manufacture is yet eX perimental, is of fine flavor, delicious bouquet and unsurpassed by any native product tabl beverage. Experiments with the raisn-grap y have shown that this climate and soil posses . every advantage for the production and curing l. this staple article of commerce.
 eBesides the fruits already mentioned, the ol ange, lemon, lime olive, fig, pomegranate, an others of the citrus family, can be grown success 1t fully in the valleys of Southern Arizona. Orang t trees are now in bearing in the Salt River vale Q and at Yuma; while the bananas is also being GU tivated at the latter place. The Arizona orange quality and flavor will compare favorably with tn 10 best California.
 e'In the valleys of the Colorado, the Salt and tn is Ga rivers, there is room for thousands. It is nc n too much to say that nowhere within the limits ] this broad Union can be found a more desirabl
 region for the making of home. No laborlou u clearing of the land is required; it lies almo
 ready for the blow. Trees and shrubbery have
 rapid growth that within eighteen months tf
 immigrant can surround his abode with attraction which would require years to mature in less favore ne climates. Fruits ripen and are ready for mark' e, full month b fore the California product. TE ns bright sunshine makes life luxury, and the Pur e. dry atmosphere brings health to all who inhale For the establishment of colonies such as we hay &. made of Southern California arden, Arlzon as p.ssests un-ivsled opportunities Thousands