The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-08-26
"A GEM IN THE SUBURBS

woory gate and the dust was troublesome the editor Of the
Republican reeed his sails sotopea and how
the orchards standing the wind 1t has been said that
spring fros and winds would always keep this valley
from producing fruit has not been 50 very long since Alex
McPheson the state fruit Inspector said that the upper part of
the Snake River valley was not the fruit bel that western and
southern Idaho up Shoshone and Wood river must be the
recognized belt for fruit and melons.
In September oO3 the Payette country and some
orchadmen Backfoot fruit the exhibit the Ma
ona Irrigation congress which the $500 loving cup for the
best fruit well developed free from worms and possessing l-
peror favor Some said was awarded Idaho
Of the big yellow apples from Payete with wo Others
said was Of the great variety Of apples from Black
foot and still Others said it by Of the Bartlett pears
from C w Berrymans orchard at Backfoot
However that may be- we went out to see Mr. Beryman's
orchard and found that gentleman mailing up boxes which he had
just filled with Porter apples The delicious odor Of the apples
and the big stack Of boxes ready for shipment interested and
qckened memory when he said that he had from
which he had taken sixty boxes worth ninety dollar
box. We asked him show the trees which he did, and
every tree still had good load Of fruit boy gathering
them up from the ground and the winter apples were lying all
the ground under the Every sight bend
ing under its load and many Of hem especially the pear trees
dropping like the weeping willow. The spring osts had
hnned them and the winds had wayed the branches causing
Of them a but the Of trees planted at the edge Of
the orchard prevented the fruit from suffering any violence
We lay ditch bank under pear tree dropping with its
load and the orchard presented the appearance Of quiet park
except that all the bearing Limbs inch dame
ter reached out pretty SIX eight feet apparently
ready split down with their load while Others tn1e larger
attained length Of nine feet bent like fish pole under
Apple and pear all presented the appearance
in this respect One pear branching out every direction
like century plant strengthened with props several
places and the pears plymouth Beauties dropping off
slowly relieve the they grew greater This
variety rpens September the Bartlett little later and the
other variety the one that took the first premium the state fair
last fa and said have the Clark Loving Cup
late the season and remains hard long kept where
cold and dark but becomes mellow and delicious when
posed the light and warmth This pear sells in the eastern
markets at about the pnce oranges which shipped
from Southern California and are produced on lands worth
thousand dollars an acre. This orchard 100 pear trees
on two acres but we are unable give the cost Of establishing
such per the they yield except say that
the trees are all loaded heavily and have borne every year
they began The trees in the main tract fourteen years DID,
and for few years they boomed avishy but bore no fruit
Various remedies were suggested Of which was drive
nails spikes the trees but Of them bore fruit till
the ground received heavy coat stable manure and none
them have missed crop since. Mr. Bergman planted
orchard his ranch large tract owned by Alex. Youne,
and for the first six years there fruit the fertilizer
applied and the have been bearing Two years
ago Mr. Bergman fifty apple Of the Wealthy variety
little plat bordering his lawn He first ertized the ground and
put fine condition and their third year they all
alive and all about the SIZE They boe the second
year. and all loaded with rosy apples Bartlett pears
years Old standing hooks among the apple weep
ing under their load Of fruit and cherry fourteen years old
bear heavily every year Some grape have been planted
the place but after they began bear found that the
fruit did mature being frozen for successive years. after
which they plowed up.
Anyone who has Of our orchards produced
by irrigation scarcely appreciate its advantages till he gets
among the and for himself but what has been done
this and many other tracts about Bacoo can be done on other
tracts stretching away hundreds Of square miles, The market
for apples and pears unlimited has been overdone
since those fruits developed except localities which were