The Arizona sentinel., 1898-10-01
FRUIT CULTURE.

Frlit production throughout Arizona Is a sub ject great iD5eres, Gr present, and will no douht, be the pr.aopa. iadu stry in Yuma County. The marrab-e results nat have sprung from yer. -pcrteisi and imp rfect culture has de- mor f-ratad thaJ the soil and climate of Yuma Cou tg are peculiarly sda ted for this branch of agr 's~-ca- enterprise. development of these res 2c-cs IS Jf the utmost importance and is at tra 5iu5 caresul c-tsntiou. Experiments have been mace, with care, and facts regard to the culture of different kinds or fruits have been collected whlch cannot Ia to con nee, even tbe most skept- ica., Of the wonderful sup riority of Yuma County ovar Southern California in fruit growing and wEch must lead 1o i-rz, and varied production, of the most rs.nnpera-vs -haracter.
 The Commissioner ui Immigration in his report, pI Irtlri.5a -u 'ssa writes as follows of the rich vJas' Of tae vl'a. Color. To and Salt rivers.
 'Tla coil of these val 's is among the richest O. the eaut-Uel- lr iS formed of the Getritus which saa streams ..r es have brought down fram their mountain lores in their journes to the s,a. 1y constant ever5ow ws and change of channel tlc deposit this rich v,getable matter has form e soil Of EtEcrle -eg- lity Near ths streams ii i dark s-ilYtal mold well adapted to small -a|-P pm. -lt-sr-. E- ther pack there Is rlch E-.5g loan, mellow and porous, and especially favorable for fruit culture. It has been already demonstrated cha. 5ae roductive capacity of these valleys is not =ITpasa-o by lands of equal area in .E part of the Unite. tates. So rapid and prolific i5 she gso@l1 of the fra ts cereals and vegetables Cha. the la5oz o'the {. ltivator is reduced to the
 tnlmln. Lg nearly l of them two crops ayear can ae -rcrfh, and v- citation is one month ahead 7- California The is7ners plants 8 cottonwood aa.iDg beoEo his door, and within the year he has B shade tree tvauty five feet hgh Alfalfa can be cut sx tunes during She season. and it is actual fact the gTape-cuttings have produced within eigh teen w0utHs ysha5 s sate or Territory make s1cu s sE1wIges The elimate, it must be remem- hersd. ,- nearly 2arg-5ual summer. Snow never -aus fn tlase southern valleys. The farmer begins s0 plan ia November and by the middle of May -.- harvest is ready Roses are in bloom, fruit trees are biossorlnE. md the grain fields arc sea or green, when the holds of the Eastern farmers .le covered .th snow and ice.
 Ever. vsries. rains. grasses, fruits and vege- teres gfrw. iu the temperate and semi-tropic ..r.e .-. . 2 rroinecd in the valleys of Arizona. wha,. -4 barley, oats and all the small grains giv. a-f,d r5 from twenty five to fifty bushels to fhu --r- sffaiia clover timothy, Bermuda and all G.- cultivated < lsscs grow luXuriantly, the .arusY L..i1- from .ght to ten tons to the acre .a.a year EyetS eariety of vegetable raised Ill tt. United rtetcs can be grown iD Arizona, and m-,t arc they f,rITrl Of better quality.
 ..Easiacs the nt75ucts mentioned, these semi tropical valley pro lde4 cotton, sugar r-cane, to- -a.eu. hemp and v,so With the exception of the sua:r--aa. h,'r t- sttenticu is paid to the cultl- ratnu of other .apFes; but it has been demoh'trat- .5 taat che .oiI auJ iiuatc are specially adapted Ia their sur.s7#ru growth. Cotton growing rs no apartment iH trizona, for it is on record thSt nh.n he Europeans first penetrated this regfon' -5Gy g1d tGs Pima Indians wearing fab1fcs ua3, ot cotton .rd--f in the Gils valley.
 "Be, lis their aptabihty for fratt custnre 5nac a-suros to ti-o yalieY lands dense poptfla- tiou aud ar.esrcrors futaTc Almost ever! var
 atv known can be y sled in their frtiftul soils The apple. pear plum. each, apricot, quince ana nee -sripc. arc 20. .,c.j, loIs flavor, and give gen. a,ou- yield. Ihs pc of all varieties na home a -H.5e sunny reIas. No place in tue grape grow
 re a.i.e- tn. raTf1 Coast can show so prolific .Ie.. Tic .ustls, p all that could be desired; .ns ..'a.. .ue. ai-aoa its manufacture IS vet eX- r....,.s-... ..r .re favor, delicious bouHdc'
 .f s..l arp ...e . n, native product as tsolo