Arizona republican., 1914-11-30
MESA
MESA CITY NURSERY
 LARGEST IN ARIZONA
That Is What Paul Baxter Beville Is Now PIannine Will include
 Over 120 Acres.

The largest solid orchard of nursery stock in Arizona, one that will take in over 120 acres of ground is that which the Mesa City Nursery of Mesa will be working next spring when the last 60 acres are set out. Already the nursery offers one of the most com plete stocks to be found on the mar ket, for in addition to it's ten acres of ground in Mesa where space has been econOmized to every practical ad vantage and thousands upon thousands of the young trees are growing, sixty acres six miles northeast of here are being used for the larger orchard grow ing. The land for the sixty acres which are to be added is now being prepared for the planting in the spring.
 Paul Baxter Beville manager and owner of the Mesa nursery. came here three years ago from Lindsey, Cal, where for fifteen years he was engaged in the citrus fruit growing That his choice in the Mesa section for the open ing of a nursery has not proven fail ure, is evidenced with the tremendous amount of business he is doing both , with valley and out Cf the state deal CTS The complete stock that was on display at the state fair and which took every prize that was offered for exhibits in the nursery department, twelve in all, has ben purchased by Tucson firm. Mir Seville is also fig uring Oh d large deal with St Louis firm which came in connection with the local nursery through an ad in The Republican.
 Chief among the nursery stock now on nand and ready for distribution are the Marsh's seedlfss graro fruit and Washington naval orange plants. The 1 trade on the New York exchange de mands this variety of citrus fruit be- vond all else and for a long time has | been paving more for the Arizona pro- l duce than that sent in from either 1 California or Florida. The Arizona l growers also have another advantage | over growers in other states in that 1 they are not hampered in the market I ing of their produce b. the government i chemists who in California are required to inspect every box of fruit that is packed
 That the local growers will now be required to depend on the local nur- series for their stock was made a law recently when the horticulture com mission of the state placed a quaran- tine against the importation of all ci- trus stock or trees. One might judge from this state that a corner will be made on the valley trade and prices on all the stock raised. but on the other hand. the Mesa City Nursery has made
 a deduction on both it's grape fruit and
 orange stock.
 The local nursery also handles a large trade with the ornamental shade
 trees The Arizona Ash, umbrella, the Carolina poplar. and the Balm of Gi- lead are the best sellers. Orders for over 4000 of the Arizona Ash plants are now being filled for Texas firms The decduous fruit stock includes
 peach apricot, olives. nectarines and a
 large variety of other fruit trees. These
 have been secured in the past from the
 leading California nurseries and arc
 exactly of the same standard as one
 might secure from there.
 Practically every variety of stocl
 that might be found in a nursery ol
 any class is grown by the Mesa City
 Nursery and is held ready for distri-
 button in season in almost any quan- tity.