The Arizona sentinel., 1895-04-27

liable to sour, exposure to the air. afterone year old, to become trbid and change color in the bottle or glass.
 We safely say that the soil of Yuma County can nowhere be surpassed, containing as it does all the essential elements of richness and fertility. FRUIT CULTURE.
 Fruit production throughout ArizonR is & sub ject of great interest at present, and will no doubt, be the principal industry in Yuma County The remarkable 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 ofdlferent kinds of fruits have been collected which cannot fail to convince, tbe most skept- ical, of the wonderful superiority of Yuma County over Southern California in fruit growing, and which must lead to alarge and varied production, of the most rsmunerstive character.
 The Commissioner of Immigration in his reporti published in I9S6, writes as follows of the rich valleys of the Gila. Colorado and Salt rivers.
 ''The soil of these valleys is among the richest 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 extreme fertility, Near the streams 1t Is dark alluval mold, well adapted to small grains end grasses Farther back there is rich sandy leam, mellow and porous, and especially favorable for fruit culture. It has been already demonstrated that the productive 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 fruits cereals and vegetables minimum. In nearly all of them two crops year can be growth, and vegetation is one month ahead of California. The farmers plants a cottonwood sapling before his door, and within the year he has shade tree twenty-five feet high! Alfalfa 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 make such a 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 are in bloom, fruit trees are blossomng, 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 semi-tropic zones can.be produced in the valleys of Arizona. Wheat, corn barley, cats and all the small grains give yield of from twenty-fv 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 each year, Every variety of vegetable raised in the United States be grown in Arizona, and nowhere are they found of better quality.
 Besides the products mentioned, these semi tropical valleys produce cotton, sugar-cane, to- bacco, hemp and rice. With the exception of the sugarcane, but little attention is paid to the cuti vation of other staples but it has been demonstrat ed that the soil and climate specially adapted to their successful growth. Cotton 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.
 "BuS it is their adaptabihty for fruit culture that assures to these valley lands dense popula- tion and aprosperous future. Almost every var iety known be raised in their fruitful soils The apple, pear, plum, peach, apricot quince and nec- tarine, are of delicious flavor, and give agen- erous yield. The grape of all varieties is at home Tn these sunny vales. No place in the grapegrow ing belt of the Pacific Coast can show so prolific a yield. The quality is all that could be desired; and the wine, although it's manufacture is vet ex- perimentsl, is of fine flavor, delicious bouquet, and unsurpassed by any native product as 8 table
 
 have shown that this climate and soil possess every advantage for the production and curing of this staple article ef couimefce.
 Besides the fruits already mentioned, tho or ange, lemon, lime, olive, fig, pomegranate, and others of the citrus family, can be grown success fully 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 in quality and flavor will compare faverably with the best California
 ''In the valleys Of the Colorado, the Salt and the Gila Iivers there is room for thousands. It is not too much to say that nowhere within the limits of this broad Union can be found more desirable region for the making of home. No laborious clearing of the land is required; it lies almost ready fer the blow. Trees and shrubbery have SO rapid a growth that within eighteen months the immigrant surround his abode with attractions which would require years *o4nature in less favored climates. Fruits ripen and are ready for market a full month before the California product. The bright sunshine makes life luxury, and the pure, dry atmosphere brings health to all who inhale 1t. For the establishment of colonies, such we have made of Southern California arden, Arizona presents unrivaled opportunities Thousands of