The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1920-01-08
LUBBOCK COUNTY GREAT FOR FRUIT
MANY VARIETIES NEVER MISS a SEASON AND ALL FRUITS
GROWN IN TEMPERATE ZONE WILL PRODUCE HERE
MELON CROPS ARE GREAT PRODUCERS EVERY YEAR
Our Climatic Conditions Such That Makes This an Ideal Country
In Which to Reside Well as RAISE Great Variety
Crops of All Kinds.

trll Oif NdfuN IN tNlr HttiiDI hVhng
that are as old as fifteen years and
their owners are reaping exception
ally substantial profits from these
trees every year
The variety Of fruit that can be
successfully grown here is limited
only 20 the grades Of fruit that can
be grown anywhere IN the temperate
zone That is TO say any fruit that
demands a growing and maturing
season as that Of the temperate zone
will grow and mature here How
ever there must be considerable
study put in as to variety BY mat
Is meant that one variety of apple
will grow in this soil II properly car
ed for where another variety will die
and not produce and the same with
peaches and plums and other fruits
Hence il takes study to make snc
cess Of the fruit industry
The principal fruits grown today
on the Plans are apples, which can
rivhtfully be classed as the MAJOR
fruit crop and with a wide variety Of
apples that can be produced. and
peaches. Plums and cherries make
up the principle varieties grown IN
.ho Plains country and according to
the study Of the soils by experts
these are the principal tree fruits that
would be adaptable to this section Of
West Texas from financial stand
ONT, while many pears have been
planted and crown 70 some extent.
they are not considered as practical
crop az the others mentioned.
The vine crops, which also mature
ard grow profusely II properly plant
ed and cared for in the Plains coun-
try are grapes, dewberries, blackber-
ries, also Gordon loganberries The
grapes are q sure crop and one Of
the most extensive vineyards on the
Plains or in the great Southwest is
10 be found on the Mollie d. Aber-
nathy farm These are paying crops
and can be produced very extensive
ly.
Melons also grow profusely in
this zoil and some Of the best water
melons on the market as well as
cantaloupes that viii equal the
Rocky Ford variety are grown In
fact one Of the principal railroad din
ing car services has contracted for
cantaloupes 10 supply their ears dur
inN the melon season, these canta-
ioupes % come from the Plains coun-
Try az the Plains crop come on as the
Imperial Valley crop finishes. The
large melon crop is handled through
the local market and also shipped TO
foreign markets
Fruit growing IN materially aug
mented by the clay subsoil which lies
just below the top soil and which is
50 constructed as % absorb the mois-
ture which falls and holds IL. This
gives the trees the opportunity of ab-
sorbing this moisture through their
roots during dry weather and IN adj
dition to irrigation gives sufficient
moisture for the proper maturing of
the fruit crop.
The raising Of fruit on the Plains
has not as yet reached the CONNER
cial stages but il ls the consensus Of
opinion that few years will see this
section one Of the principal fruit
production centers Of the great
Southwest.
Lubbock County maintains a home
demonstration agent. Miss Mile NJ.
Halsey. who is doing very effective
work in teaching the housewives the
care Of fruit in order TO make II a
financial success. Women are given
instruction along the line Of food
production, gardening. orchard man
agement. preserving fruits and vege-
tables and labor saving devices.
There are several canning clubs un-
der Miss Halsey's supervision one Of
these clubs being maintained in each
school district teaching the best
methods Of canning fruit and vege-
tables raised in the Plains country.
In the Shallowater School District
alone more than 5000 quarts Of fruit
have been canned this season and the
many other clubs have done proper
tionately as well. and each year more
interest is being taken in this work
which viii also reflect on the devel-
opment Of the fruit raising industry
from a commercial and financial
standpoint. Wholesale produce mar
kets are maintained in Lubbock for
the handling Of fruits and these in
stitutions will be increased with the
increased production which means
that in the near future fruit growing
will be one Of the substantial finan-
cial crops Of Lubbock county and the
plains.