Arizona republican., 1908-04-01

| 1rult DuSlneSS we must cOnSluer dHt
 study carefully surrounding condi- | tions, such as location climate, qual. ity of soil, markets and etc. Perhaps there, are few if any other localities so favorably located and conditions SC l nearly perfect as to soil, altitude, mar kets. and etc, as the table or Mesa l lands 'of the famous Salt River valley ! for the growing of deciduous fruits The ranges of mountains on the east
 west and north shut out the cold
 winds and protect us from the frosts
 that are so destructive in so many To- calities and impossible to guard against.
 In my twelve years of experience in growing deciduous fruits in the valley ] have never known an entire failure and of but one partial failure and that on account of an unprecedented late frost. With these climatic conditions and one of the most essential things tO plant life and giving fruit it's most perfect flavor is sunshine and abund- ance of it, which we surely possess with our almost unbroken 365 days of Sors smiling face. and that one fact is one of our greatest advantages over other localities. In the early ripening of our fruit which we can place in the market from four to six weeks earlier than other places and assures the cream of the market
 Now for a few facts or something's that have been done along this line for there is nothing so convincing as posi- tive proof and not what could or might be done. First. we can figure on 10S trees to the acre. which gives a space of twenty feet between the trees with turning room at the ends and sides which experience has taught is about the correct distance for planting with but few. exceptions. Then comes the most trying time to the grower when he must spend about three years labor without receiving any returns from his trees. l would emphasize the fact that it is the most important time of tree life for it is now that the tree must have proper care to be made strong and vigorous so as to with stand the strain of its future growing and ripening of fruit In the third year, if the trees have been properly cared for you will begin to reap the rewards of your labors for it is about this time that the trees commence to bear. For this year the properly cared for trees win yield from l25 to 150 pounds each, and the following year will bear almost full crop which will bring you from s2.O0 to $500 per tree at lowest estimate. l have sold from a single tree in one season of both peaches and apricots as high as $10 worth of fruit, but>ft was of course the exception and not the rule. A word in regard to the ex- pense Of putting out trees might not be out of place at this time. Condi- tions govern the expense to a great extent. The grower knows the value of his time better than any one else and he knows the time it takes to bring his trees into bearing. The eX pense of trees is also governed as to kind and quality which may be had from any reliable nursery. Now with the water assured from the govern ment project of the great Roosevelt or Tonto reservoir to tide us through any future drought that has been so de structive to orchards in the past and the excellent local market created by Arizona's many and prosperous mines. the almost unlimited markets east, that is caused partially by the health cry for properly ripened fresh fruit. cannot help but place Salt River val ley in the front rank as one Of the most prosperous and profitable fruit sections of the United States.
 CHAS. l. WISE.