The Arizona sentinel., 1896-06-13

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 We can safely say that the soil of Yuma County 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 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 l resources is of the utmost importance and is at tractng 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, 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 as follows of the rich valleys of the Gila. Colorado aud 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 a soil of extreme fertility, Near the streams it is dark aluvial mold, well adapted to small grains and grasses Farther back there is a 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 fruits cereals and vegetables that the labor of the cultivstor is reduced to the minimum. In nearly all of them two crops year | can be growth, and vegetation is one month ahead 1 of California. The farmers plants cottonwood sapng before his door, and within the year he has ] 2 shade tree twenty-five feet highl Alfalfa can be cut six times during the season, and it is an 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 DlOSSOmlIS GIe gram HVluo alS o0e of green, when the fields of the Eastern farmers are covered with snow and ice.
 Every variety grains. grasses, fruits and Vege tables grown in the temperate and semi-tropi zones can be produced in the valleys of Arizona Wheat, corn barley, oats and all the small grain give yield of from twenty-five to fifty bushels tC the acre. Alfalfa, clover, timothy, Bermuda ant all the cultivated grasses grow luxuriantly, tht former giving from eight to ten tons to the acr' each year, Every variety of vegetable raised il the United States be grown in Arizona, ano nowhere are they found of better quality.
 'Besides the products mentioned, these semi !, tropical valleys produce cotton, sugar-cane, to- baceo, hemp and rice With the exception of thu sugar-cane but little attention is paid to the cuti vation of other staples but it has been demonstrat ed that the soil and climate are specially adapted to their successful growth. Cotton-growing is n, experiment in Arizona, for it is on record tha when the Europeans first penetrated this region they found the Pima Indians wearing fabric made of cotton grown in the Gila valley.
 'sBut it is their adaptabihty for fruit cultur that assures to these valley lands dense popula tion and aprosperous future Almost every var
 ety known can be raised in their fruitful soils. Tn apple, pear plum, peach, apricot, quince and nee tarine, are of delicious flavor, and give gen erous yield. The grape of all varieties is at hom in these sunny wales. No place in the grape-grow ing belt of the Pacific Coast can show so prolific
 yield. The quality is all that could be desired and the wine, although its manufacture is vet ex , perimental is of fine flavor, delicious bouquet and unsurpassed by any native product as tabl
 beverage. Experiments with the raisin-grap have shown that this climate and soil posses . every advantage for the production and curing c this staple article of commerce.
 'sBesides the fruits already mentioned tho or
 angc, lemon, linre, olive, fig, pomegranate, an others of the citrus family, be grown success [ fully in the valleys of Southern Arizona. Orang trees are now in bearing in the Salt River valle and at Yuma; while the bananas is also being cul tivated at the latter place. The Arizona orange
 quality and flavor will compare favorably with tn best California.
 "In the valleys of the Colorado, the Salt and tn
 Gila rivers, there is for thousands. It is nc
 too much to say that nowhere within the limits C tbis broad Union can be found more desirabl l region for the making of a home. No laboriou t clearing of the land is required; it lies almos
 ready for the blow. Trees and shrubbery have S
 rapid growth that within eighteen months tn
 immigrant can surround his abode with attraction
 which would require years to mature in less favore climates. Fruits ripen and are ready for marke
 full month before the California product. Tn 7 bright sunshine makes life luxury, and the pure
 dry atmosphere brings health to all who inhale il
 For the establishment of colonies, such as we hay
 made of Southern California arden, Arizon presents unrivaled opportunities Thousands C