Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-09-12
CARLSBAD PEACH
CROP IS WONDER
OF RICH. PECOS
VALLEY
Kinds Are Rotated So Thai
Different Varieties Follow
Each Other Onto the Mar.
ket at Regular Intervals.

'N' lt.Hh valley p,HtN industry.
NuIch has its center boa Carlsbad. tnd
whore tn. season Is now closing with
tho heaviest li,IG 100 o., history off th,
Hus ness Tho unusually mild winter
WJ favorable Co the development uf
'no 'rIit nuds ana tuuuul has been
necessary Iu most uI th. great orr
Wrds u order tu secure CO., proper
.i4 especially boo th. Iat.r Varieties
Nurh go into th" eastern markcis u
a. 'Wp' titiDu with Gao WV D..
Fifteen years ago th. country
around Carlsbad WIS am uu-potkthIc
desert given mp Co. mesquite aud the
other groNths tlaf are peculiar tu the
raiuless belt. Since th. completion OF
tn' great reservoirs cot th. pccus r-
gt.'1 company thousands ct acres
nI'r nron planted 800 peaches ana fot
a number rf years the peach crop ha.
been 1m"rp the most important f,a-
lures of th. Year u th. lower valley.
Ib" ace. 1904, planted eighteen trut
apart, aaD cultivated and irrigated ace
.oId'uE O.. the usual plan where i,ti-
t"IIl menus ui applying mui.tur. are
used tn. trees com, into hruIug
ahuut tlr Iuurtn Nrul after painting,
t'p'nuirl somewhat upnu tho ocutiuu
90 tIv orchard aIi tbr care OF the
trees For y,1r COZ Two th. crop ls
limited by thinning go ~ Co give the
trees chluc. Go fuly Develop and
The bearing lifr uf thr trees continues
iur about ton years after chat. also
depending upun The governing yirrum-
stances.
Fronting by the experiences OF the
california orcbJtiist~ the growers
uuDud Carlsbad nave and or, aiming
at . rotation 90 varieties, 80 ls 90 make
tho season as long us possible. ABOUT
june the Sucrd l- ready for mar
Nct, followed iu order as follows The
Alexander. Triumph. Hyucs' surprise.
Mamie Ross, superb. champion, eros.
hS Elheira. SaIWIy and Latte CrnW-
ford, the latter three varieties coming
ln the latter part of August and being
IA. nn,st and best that tho field puts
out The bulk of tho EARLIER Shln-
mrnts 60 to Colorado ana other north
en- mountain points. while uh, later
Ngtioti'a arr, ALSO seat 20 thv o1st CIV
ing q tho long distance from market
th, growers make ~, ~ tho express
D,ap.ui's entirely. 300 iIut trains DE.
Inl vet run out OF tho uyld bat the
Wells Fargo company has made such
liberal rntes that ih, 'lrl doe. not
s,riuu-ly initiate against tho prunts
uf thr business
NI of tho peaches ~. carefully
hand picked. wrapped ~ square. "f
paper Und packed "a boxes averaging
irnu 20 Go 100 pounds. and thus ship-
u.d. HIl of the work being drar With
thr most extreme car. tn avoid bruis-
ing. which explain. the excellent aon-
dlt.pu m which the fruit reaches tho
market Tho early varieties are now
bringing yl-u per poV foo colorado
markets ana the later kinds are exc
pr,tod TO do oven better. me splendid
size and matchl"ss flavor generally
oy,lhalanciug competition from out
-ilc r"ntcrs OF supply
Attracted by tho lats, profits made
hy the pioneers, many peach men
from other parts of The country have
located iu The vicinity of Carlsbad .u
the past two years and each year
thousands ct additional trees com, in
90 bclring As liustratiy, of %. pro-
nts uf the business, last Year. which
WIS not un especially good season, one
small orchard, returned "a net profit
of S1,&2I.5o on a fraction less than
four acres ana the larger orchards.
whose exact oWput is duhout o. as
certain. have doubtless not far from
tho same ratio. as the soil Is The same.
the water supply more than suNl-
,icut and tu. general conditions the
same.
So Ear the growers handle their own
product though this year buyers
have been loo the field after the same
manner as iu tho Roswell ample hrld,
whore th, vlolr crop .- bought uu
| tha trees. thc grower seldom touchug
the trut The growers, $50 far, are
! diWdrut 100 selling 60 these bu, o., amt
| % is largely dependent upon tho Pc
suits eft th, years. hus.los- whether
they viii Dee allc 900 do anything here
| another season.
Nttrlct,d by she lprs, waste c1ch
year of uWt that VIII NOT stand ship
ping Denver parties TO-. now figuring
/ on the installation ot a large rvapur
uing and canning plant at Carlsbad
Al nf this gree, nold is dlrocth
! tributary to Denver and thu Nolortd,
markets. and tn bulls of tho snip
m,nts win he In tha, direction during
tho coming season.
Considering the certainty of pruh
u peach growing The price of land ~
ljh, lower valley has not advanced uu'
reasonably and each year there 1r'
many settlers taking advantage of thD
openings offered
IN. supply of tho lrrrietlon com
pouy is drawn from a." p,cos river
Iord is conducted 10 m, farms throug!
ono Of the hrgDst and finest svstcm
coli canals ana npuCducts in tho ari'
west. Ouo of tho aGurdurts, which q
of stone and concrete. ia th0 accnn'
iarr ~ OF its kind In the world TIN
.U-th or thr structure is i12 Feet nn'
li' IS supported hy four pairs of archie
IUuV2t feet m tho clrnr Tho iusid
mraerrom,nJ pf tho structure a. eu
~ foot. aul 20 carries total Of $50
cubic feet pnr second when rpnn'n
lot run capacity This 8uu"duct form
in ufoIf ono of tho most ntcrraiIn
frlturD9 Of enc irrigated section q
Ian. IyUus valley Ur fhp entire west.