Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1901-04-06
Evaporated Vegetables

employ about one hundred and fifty
men and women. EvaporaUed vege-
tables are in great demand to supply
the Alaskan trade and there is no
doubt that the venture will prove re-
Indeed, while farming
near Long Beach, and finding no mar
ket for superb vegetables, and notably
for superior potatoes which, by the
way, l raised at loss, it often seemed
to me unfortunate for producers in
this part of the state, where vegetables
so excellent and abundant, that we
are without such means of preserv-
ing them as they have at Stockton
Los Angeles Herald.
A Dangerous Policy
All over Southern California the de-
ciduous fruit orchards are abloom in
proper season, giving assurance that
natural conditions are in effect again,
and promise of abundant crops. Last
season deiduous fruits failed almost
totally at this end of the state. The
cause of the failure was the early ad-
vancement of bloom, followed by
period of weather so cool that the
flowing sap was checked, and after
ward soured in the wood cells, influ-
encing the trees like blood poisoning
effects the animal system. In the
north larger crops of deciduous fruits,
especially of prunes were raised. Our
local growers are very much interested
in the status of the northern output
of last season, in view of the fact that
they will have large crop of their
own the coming summer. 1t is dan
gerous policy for the northern growers
to so fix prices that their fruits re-
main unsold today-a menace to the
present seasons product throughout
the state. Southern growers will have
their overplus to contend with in the
dried-fruit line. No doubt they will
be pleased should the Cured Fruit AS
ISOLATION and the Raisin Growers AS
ISOLATION adopt policy that would
keep their products moving until the
supply is exhausted.
Retaliation Promised
An incident has occurred within the
last week that is the subject of much
adverse comment among the farmers
whom 1 meet from day to day. 1t is
the resolution of the Cured Fruit AS
ISOLATION to quote prunes for exporta-
ton at a quarter of a cent below the
price charged to home users of prunes.
All the orchard products of the coast
enjoy a reasonable tariff protection,
but this policy of quoting fruit cheaper
to European consumers than to the do
nestle trade is very reprehensible, and
will inevitably lead to an attempt at
the revision of our fruit tariff sched-
ule. Threats have already been made
to do this by the importers of New
York City, long before this last break
made by the prune organization, and a
strong protest should go up against
these unwarranted policies, which not
only place in danger the prune inter
ests, but jeopardize the citrus and all
other fruit interests as well. The grow
ers of Southern California are trained
in the art of looking after their own
affairs, and 1 find them very much
alive to the dangers of tariff tinker
ing induced by the foolish acts Of
their fellow orchardists in other parts
of the state. 1t is this careful atten-
ton to every detail of the business
that has made fruit growing profitable
in this part of the state. Look out
for the causes that lead to opposition
to our protective tariffs.
Transplanting Citrus Trees
There is an unusual diversity in the
condition of the citrus nursery trees
this spring. In some exposed situa-
tions the stock has been weakened and
occasionally killed by the winters
frosts, but in most localities the trees
escaped any damage whatever. Trees
that have been injured will be left
standing in the nursery rows till late
in May, that they may have time to
recover, and renew their vitality be-
fore they are subjected to the shock of
transportation. A careful observation
of the injured nurseries show that the
damage was caused more from the
tender condition of the new growth
than from exposure. In the same vi
cinity 1 have seen young trees ruined
or unscathed, within a few rods OF
each other, and in one nursery two
rows were uninjured and all the others
practically killed. With this condition
of trees in prospect, planters should be
very careful, not only in handling them
from the nursery, but in trimming
away all the dead and poisoned wood,
if the nurSeryman has not done so.
This class of trees is bound to be more
or less decrepit if transplanted before
the middle of May, but nature can
be assisted by removing all the surplus
limbs and damaged roots. There will
be a great many new trees started
with very short trunks this season.
Owing to the scarcity of nursery trees
almost everything will be planted, and
some of the damaged nursery stock
has already been trimmed low to get
rid of the dead and soured branches
and make the trees salable. If the
planter is novice, he should get some
practical man to show him how to set
a tree or two, as future success de-
ponds in large degree upon the depth
and position of the tree roots when left
ready to push out their feeders through
the soil.-L. A. Times.
How to Keep Sweet Potatoes
Harper Bros, of Pittsburg, Kan,
have been experimenting for years
with various methods of keeping sweet
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