The Arizona sentinel., 1898-10-08
FRUIT CULTURE.

Egr.. production -rroug ghout Arizona is 6 sub
 ., g -ye7s. interest t present, and will no J1a-. be the Puu1lPa. .iuatry in Yuma County. -a remarkable results that have sprung from ..g .-rericis' and Una perfect culture has de- lon r-.ssd tlat The soil and climate of Yuma ru.ty are peculiarly adapted for this branch of .r.-l.t t-zai enterprise le development Of these acting eaT raf attention. Experiments have been .aa. vla ---e end facts in regard to the culture Ll~ersu- kinds oi 5rllts have been collected li-h cannot fai3 ID c5ug nee, even tbe most skept
 a-- -f E-5 a snleIlli sup riority of Yuma County Fds 5catue-r California in fruit growing, and
 El.h must leaJ Co large and varied production, ]. -e. most e-r-4errt;ys e1aracter.
 Inc Conn sstoa1r ef I'm migration In his report aH'aast l1 s55 v-tee as follows of the rich ale, Of iae ais Colorado and Salt rivers.
 The s.a or these valleys is among the richest a tu- continent. r. is ormed of the detritus
 13r. saa streams for esas have brought down -.a tleir mountain rores in their journey to the --. 5v constant ovsgs1vs and change Of channel, be- deposit of this rich -getable matter has form 5 o soil o' extreme tsui. y, Near shs streams it a dark -#E0st mold we'll adapted to small rsin- a.- grasses iar-aer back there is Q rich andy loan. mellow z-. porous, and especially svoIGLie .ae -zuit euitusa It has been already g-cusraeed that the rr1 1Iucsive capacity of these alleys is no, surpassed l lands of equal area in Dv part Of sha T1iret S es. So rapid and prolific -al growth uf tho f-i..s, cereals and vegetables hot t-e .a1c- Of tbe culsi ator is reduced to the minimum. lr nearly all them two crops 8 year %. .s growth. and vsnaLo ion is one month ahead v ttfu-ria. IFe --ta.5s plants cottonwood ...ag hef-r. .s door -.t within the year he has
 shade tree e. -a-r-aea Q te-t high! Alfalfa can be -. z.. -rtz,a ring .Es z Ason, and it Is an actual
 . .. ths grape -attiags have produced within eigh- ss- months. yrat s5a-e or Territory can make .--# za-aIeaE Hn. -lil4 4te, 1t must be remem- ,e..-. .s 7esri. r-IpeJ.7 summer. Snow never ~Essu rress 5uthera vsl eys. The farmer begins q plant .- November. and by the middle of May ..7 harvest fs ready Loses are in bloom, fruit ree= are hLoss5uirg. and he grain fields are sss ,f ~-ee4. when tns fields f the Eastern farmers .-t covered e'sa snow and ice.
 E.s s-Y variety grains, grasses, fruits and vege
 .-..s s--r7 fs the t.mDerate and seni-tropit .,.s= -eu be rrs5r-ed iu he valleys of Arizona
 g. 5st co-n barley. ua's and all the small grains -..a--f. i'd 9f from tvsugv-dve to fifty bushels tC
 aerr.e. -lrsiis. clover timothy, Bermuda snG ut-r cultivated grasses grow luAuriantly, tht
 ,~.-.- rirfrr rom eight 70 ten tons to the acr' ...s. -.a-- Every vari85y of vegetable raised il -r- r-.,fs.r states can be Erown ID Arizona, anc ,7,eres. ore -hov found of better quality.
 .sszf.-g the products mentioned, these semi .soy.cal valleys pr1iues cotton, sugar-eane, O. ..-g.- -.rnr. and riee Fifth the exception of tn z.a..,e1e. but little atteuticu is paid to the cusi ve--r .f g5aar staples out it has been demonstrat - -as. ll soil and climate are specially adapte' Go saeir successful growth. COtton-gro~lng IS n axrsFiment in Arizona. for it Is on record tha when. the Eur5psans first penetrated this region s--v found the Pima Indians wearing Eabric .1sss of cotton grovn in the Gila valley
 But ftis- their adaptahihty for fruit eultur sh.t assures to these ralley lands dense popula tf5r and sprosperous future. Almost every val , l,,a ear, be raised in their fruitful soils. Tn apple. pear. plum, peach, apricot, quinee and ne' tsrfaa. are of delicious flavor, and give gen eeoas vieId. The grape Of all varieties isa nom tr rsas- sunny yales. No place in the grape-gro" i-g tslt of the Pacific Coast can show so prolihc
 ~ieli The quality is all that could be desired
 end the -iue. although ts manufacture is yet e'
 per.r,e1-el fs 5s g. aut favor, delicious oouque