Arizona sentinel Yuma southwest., 1916-01-13
.AGA|N T |S SHOi.A THAT YUMA
 HAS NON-FROsTAbLE CITRUS LAND
(By B. F. Fly)

onstrated that Yuma has a climate peculiar unto itself, as Weather Observer Hackett puts it, for while practically every acre of the United States was in a freezing con- dition during the past few days that part of Yuma pro feet known as the mesa has again proven that it is frost less and non-frostable." :"
 True, we had frostS in the valleys, and even had a good touch of it right here on the streets of Yuma, but our cit rus fruit district of an even 10000 acres, was left un- scathed by Old Jack Frost:
 What did the frost do to the yuma Heights orange grove" asked one Of the officials of that company this morning.
 Never touched us" was his prompl reply.
 And not a cent was spent Ill esmudging," as had to be done ln all the orange groves of California, or else have the trees badly frost bitten. Not a precaution of any kind was talk en to ward off the cold. The trees were simply allowed to take care of themselves, and the way they did it can be seen by any one who will take the trouble to make a visit to the big orange grove on the mesa-the only frcstless belt in the United States.
 Such lands in California, if located but just across the Colorado river from Yuma would bring $1,OOO per acre.
 Some day, not in the very distant future they will bring just as much where they are, for the fruit growers of the world will not always emain blind to our wonderful advantages as a citrus section.
 A well-developed and well-cared-for orange or grape fruit grove is as good as a national bank, in fact pays very much larger dividends. It is quite common for fifteen pear old tree to produce fifteen or more boxes per year worth all the way from two to four dollars per box. That means thirty to sixty dollars per tree, and if the trees are planted twenty feet apar that means 10S trees to the acre. This gives the owner $6,4S0 per acre at the larger production, or $3,240 per acre fo the smaller.
 Take it for granted that these fig ures are seldom attained, and for ar gument's sake cut the smaller num- Der in two, or three and a quarter boxes per tree, at three dollars per box, gives you $9.75 per tree, or $1,O5v P- AN' -NO" SuI d I1Ill0 Q00p0r- take half off of this, and where can you find anything that will pay as well?
 As a matter of fact, I have often heard it stated that some of the old trees in Southern California have been known to produce twenty-five to thirty boxes per tree. The orange trees of Yuma can be made to produce just as many boxes as any tree in California, and inasmuch as our fruit is the very first in the market we always get top-notch prices, and invariably a dol lar box more than California.
 It therefore goes without saying that when the Yuma irrigation works are extended to the mesa lands that this will become the greatest orange-grow- ing section in the world, not only be- cause of the fact that the mesa lands are frostless and non-frostable, but be- cause our oranges and grape fruit have the most delicious flavor of all fruits that character known to the fruit trade. When the world fully realizes that Yuma has climate peculiar unto itself, Yuma will come into her own.
 And that day is not far away.
 
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