Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1909-09-17
Many Newcomers are Buying
Carey Act Lands near Sho-
shone for Orcharding
PROMINENT HORT|CULTURISTS
Indications are That This Vicinity is Es-
pecislly Adapted for Growing the
Finest Apples and Pears

The Dietrich tract promises to be-
come quite fruit center for this part
of Lincoln county. The first parties
purchasing land close to the new town
of Dietrich for the express purpose of
planting fruit, were Mr.. and Mrs. c. R.
Morse of Spokane. These are the parties
who are locating in Shoshone and have
rented the new Custer building, where
they will open up millinery and ladies'
furnishing and notion store as soon as
the building is ready.
Now new man appears on the scene
who is an experienced fruit raiser and
he has purchased the second eighty of
land west of the Dietrich townsite for
the express purpose Of putin it out IN
fruit. This gentleman is Mr.. H r.
Teal of Cordele, Georgia, and his deal
was closed Tuesday of this week. Mr..
Teal is from the southern line of Geo
rgia in the famous peach belt of the
south and he has had many years ex-
perience in fruit culture. Before pur-
chasing here he visited every important
fruit center west of the Rocky Noun
tains and selected his land on the
Dietrich tract only seven miles east of
Shoshone. 1t might interest the people
of Lincoln county to know his reason
for making this section his location. 1t
is we'll kown that the fruit crop of the
Pacific and Inter-Mountain states was
either destroyed or badly injured by
the late spring frosts. Many of the
noted regions that were visited by Mr..
Teal in his recent trip were nearly de
stitute of fruit. But on reaching Sho-
shone and visiting the McFall ranch
Just west of town, he saw the apple
trees almost breaking down with fruit
and peaches in abundance. Every
variety of fruit represented in the
orchard, he found bearing fair crop
this year. He also ascertained that |
the McFall orchard is not an excep-
ton in this part of Lincoln county. |
Every orchard is bearing fruit this |
season and the contrasts to orchards in
other parts of the northwest visited by |
him was altogether in favor of Lincoln !
comfy. MIR. Teal will proceed to pre-
pare his land at once and put the entire |
tract out to fruit as soon as practicable.
He will also move to Shoshone in the
near future and make his residence
here or on the land.
Among the lessons that the new
comers will take to heart that have
been thoroughly learned by the old
timers here are, first:
That all orchards must be enclosed
by woven wire fence, made rabbit
tight. A gentlemen in Gooding last
spring put out a large orchard and
fenced it afterward. Before the fence
could be completed the rabbits had de-
stroyed practically every tree in the
Second: In order to hold back the
fruit buds in the spring, many of the
ranchers mulch the tress heavily in the
lHluule VI WuitSI, WHSu ItC SAOuAiO 10
frozen deepest They also keep all I
water off of the orchard until very late
in the spring. By this means the new |
growth is retarded and fruit buds are l
held back until the danger of late |
frosts is over. Doctor Dill last year
neglected this precaution and although
i was a splendid fruit year, he raised |
out little fruit This year poor fruit a
season he practiced this precaution and I
saved fine fruit crop. {
Third: Water should be withheld
from the trees in the latter part of the i
growing season in order that the new n
wood growth may have time to thorou-
yhly ripen before the cold weather sets n
in. c
Now that experienced fruit raisers k
ire locating here and will devote their
entire time to the business, it is reason h
lble to expect that a great fruit indus is
ry will grow up in this community and
hat land now selling at $50 90 per f
lcre, including water rights, will sell
or several hundred dollars per acre. a
Shoshone is going to be the center of t
he greatest apple growing tract.