El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-10-01

tree decoration on account Of the depth
Of its color. These apples weigh eight
to 10 ounces a piece.
The Champion apple is another that
IS a good producer and a good locker,
but not so red as the King David.
The Grimes Golden. is an apple as
rul OF them resembles a-C6lifornia
orange tree. They are a fine fall ap-
pie and are very mellow
The Ingram late blOomer is another
apple that gives Mr. Love much sat
i5faction. This is an apple that viii
stay on the tree until frost comes and
VIII then keep, when stored, he SAYS,
until apples come again. It is red
and green spotted apple. Il believe
In raising good apples" declared Mr..
Love. II pays. can sell my culls and
Windfalls for three cents a pound right
here in Artesia, while I couldn't find
market for the culs Of the ordinary
apple"
Fine Young Orchard.
j. B. Cecil, manager Of the C. A P
ranch, is noted as having the finest
young orchard about Artesia. He has
100 acres in his orchard and produces
the same variety Of peaches, Of the
same high quality as Mr. Love MI.
Schuster, Mr.. Allen, Mrs. McCabe and
others. In the late Artesia alfalfa car
ntTai, he took the sweepstakes prize
for the best box and best plate ex-
h1bitS Of apples. Some OF his choicest
varieties include the GanO which
weighs three quarters of a pound; the
Mammoth Black TWig. which weighs
almost pound-five Of them selected
a random weighed in the presence Of
Herald representative, 4 IA pounds
the Stayman Winesap, which weighs
an average Of half a pound each and
the Missouri pippin, weighing a third
Of pound.
Richness OF Hope Country.
The fruit prospects are not confined
inn 8 feH .anr=
miles away, produces fruit just as
good and all the country in between
IS made up Of the same character Of
soil There are hundreds and hundreds
Of acres Of land around Artesia and
Hope, either irrigable by artesian wells
or from shallow pumping propositions
that VIII produce just as well as the
land in and around the two towns. The
prize Jonathans at the late Artesfa. ex-
position came from Hope, and were
entered by J. W. Collins. The apples
are beautiful red, taking a polish
like a mirror, and they average so
pounds to the box with 10 boxes to
the tree. The trees are u years old
and have been bearing for about eight
years j. +. Richards of Hope. brought
In some pears that weighed over
pound apiece-just the size Of some
Of the Artesia pears-tO prove that
this region is also a pear country, al
though so much attention has not
been devoted to pears as to other fruits.
The COurchesne railroad is now
building from ArteSia to Hope, to give
the people of Hope market connections
with the railroad at Artesia. and also
to open up the country between the two
towns. The grade. all the way to Hope
is very light and already four miles
have been built since A. Courchesne. /
of FL PasO. threw the first dirt a month
ago. On this piece Of road for 16 miles
the line runs straight as an arrow
Hope, like Artesia, already has pack
ing sheds for its fruit shippers. and
even now markets many carloads Of
apples a year. with a % mile haul
across the country.
Cheap Pumping.
While most Of the wells about Ar
tesla are artesian in flow. some pump
ing IS necessary, out on the higher