The Arizona sentinel., 1896-04-25

! hundred years, ana improve annually, not being liable to sour, exposure to the air, after one year old, to become turbid and change color in the bottle or glass.
 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 9 sub | ject great interest at present, and will no doubt, be the principal industry in Yuma County. l 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 tracing 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, ofthe wonderful superiority of Yuma County over Southern California in fruit growing, and which must lead to Q large and varied production, of the most remunerative character.
 The Commissioner of Immigration in his report, published in 1SS6, writes as follows of the rich
 
 ''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 overAows and change of channel, the deposit of this rich vegetable matter has form ed soil of extreme fertility, Near the streams it is a dark allGvial moId 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 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 cutivator is reduced to the minimum. Tn nearly all of them two crops Q year can be growth, and vegetation is one month ahead of California. The farmers plants cottonwood sapng before his door, and within the year he has 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 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 blossoming, and the "rair ists gre sea of green, when the f--s c. the Eastern farmers are covore5 with snow and ice.
 Hser- EaIsa O grains grasses. fruits and ee=y- tables grown ia the temperate end s.ui-trop.c zones can be produced in inc Fan-.a pf Arizona. Wheat, e.rl barley, oats and a7 Ha -..,.l grains give .- .. .lg-4 cS eag-lve co fifty bushels to the ss Afaa clover tiao.ly. Bermuda and ar 5a. cultivated grasses grow luyuri.ntg. the 5uaer giving from ght to ten tons to the acre each year, Every variety of yes table raised A the United States can be grown j1 Arizona, and nowhere are they .oslG oi better quality. HB5.-y9 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 vaton of other staples; but it has been demonstrat ed that the soil and climate are 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.
 ''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 can be raised in their fruitful soils The apple, pear, plum, peach, apricot, quince and nee tarine, are of delicious flavor, and give a gen. erous yield. The grape of all varieties is at home in these sunny vales. No place in the grapegr 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- perimental, is of fine flavor, delicious bouquet and unsurpassed by any native product table beverage. Experiments with the raisin-grape have shown that this climate and soil possess every advantage for the production and curing of this staple article Of commerce.
 ''Besides the fruits already mentioned, the or ange, lemon, linse, olive, fig, pomegranate, and others of the citrus family, 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 fayorably with the best California.
 ''In the valleys of the Colorado, the Salt and the Gila rivers, there is room for thousands It is not too much to say that nowhere within the limits of this broad Union can be found e more desirable region for the making of home. No laborious clearing of the land is required; it lies almost ready for the blow. Trees and shrubbery have so rapid a growth that within eighteen months the immigrant can surround his abode with attractions which would require years to mature in less favored climates. Fruits ripen and are ready for market a full month before the California product. The bright sunshine makes life c luxury, and the pure, dry atmosphere brings health to all who nhale it. For the establishment of colonies such as we have made of Southern California arden, Arizona presents unrivalcd opportunities Thousands Of