Arizona republican., 1915-05-23

Practically all of the principal de-
 cluuous fruits and berries thrive and
 are grown successfully in commercial
 quantities in the Salt River Valley.
 with the exception of cherries, goose
 berries and entrants. Following is
 about the order in which they ranl,
 in commercial importance: Apricots,
 peaches, plums, pears. prunes. figs.
 apples. quince, nectarines, pomegran-
 ates. strawberries, blackberries and
 raspberrieS
 The apricot season opens ahou.
 May 10th. with the New Castle ana
 Pringle varieties, followed hy the
 Royal. Bleinheim Hilton. HemskirI1
 and Noorpark. The Moorpark is the
 last to ripen. most of them being
 gone by the middle of July. Tn Moorpark is the largest and best fla
 V"red variety, but is rather shy
 bearer Royal and Bleinheim are ver,- heavy producers of good hish-eradr irult, though not as large or of as good quality as the Afoornark
 Aprlcots are very early bearers pro-
 duclng considerable fruit the second year after planting, and a commercial SIop Ihe thlrd year. Individual trees m 1ull bearing frequently yield from three to five hundred pounds of fruit
 the average price received bv inc grower IS between. two and three cents per pound, though some grow CTS probably realize better than three and One-half cents a po,,nd on the local market. Quite a Iaroa percentage of the apricot cron of the valley is shipped by local ex- press companies as far east as Chi cago. the net price received for them being three to five cents q pound, after paying four to five cents pound for express. There IS good market for them in the east. as at that time of the year they are the only deciduous fruits on the market. with the exception of cold storage apples. They stand shipment exceedingly we'll
 Peaches are distributed over longer season than any other fruit. Tor the earliest variety ripens the latter part of May, and from that time until the middle of November different varieties are constantly ripening. Practically all of the peaches are consumed by the local and state markets. for eating fresh and for home canning. and the aver age price the season through is bet ter than three cents pound Peaches bear some the second sea son after planting and commercially after that Individual trees in full bearing yield from three to four hundred pounds of fruit In the past two years there has been a consid- erable acreage planted to peaches of canning varieties and also to april cots
 Fifteen or twenty different vari~ of plums are raised commercially in | the Salt River Valley. Nearly all of 1 them are exceptionally heavy pro- | ducers of quality fruit The lead | ing commercial varieties are the | ShirO, Gold, Wickson, Satsuma, Con i zales. Burbank, Orient. Santa Rosa. l FormOsa. Climax and the Simon | plum or Prunus Simoni, as it is i generally called. The last two i named varieties are about the finest i eating varieties known, but both are | very shy bearers. Plums like apri- l cots and peaches, bear some the sec ond season. and commercially after | that. and are the heaviest producers ! of any of the deciduous fruits An individual tree of the Shiro variety on Hall Brothers fruit ranch pro- ouCeu d lotdi or over Z5UO pounds or [ fruit in three years, the seventh, eighth and ninth years after plant ing. A few plums are shipped out of the state, but practically all the crop is consumed by the local and state markets. the price averaging around three cents per pounds.
 Pears of some varieties do ex- ceedingly we'll in the valley. espe- ciaIIy those varieties that are most i immune from the blight On some